What’s in the sack? That’s all they care about. Is it a rock or a rolled-up giraffe? Is it pickles or nickels or busted bicycles? And if we guess it, will you give us half? Do they ask where I’ve been ...

Backpacks like these. Photo Credit: Lisa Risager on Wikimedia Commons North Island Credit Union has launched a school backpack drive to benefit local elementary and middle school students in ...

Fridays are a day of excitement for most elementary school children, but for those who rely on free school meals, weekends can bring feelings of uncertainty, according to the Jacobs & Cushman San ...

A local teenager whose community service project provides backpacks to several nonprofit groups that work with children and families is halfway to her goal of collecting 400 gently used backpacks ...

Kalia Roper, a seventh grader at St. James Academy in Solana Beach, was looking for an old backpack that would be easy to carry around on the crutches she had been using because of a knee injury.

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres’ Manny Margo teamed up with the San Diego Food Bank and San Diego Toyota Dealers Thursday to help with the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program. The program gives backpacks ...