ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Military families were able to stock up on school supplies at the Operation Homefront Back-to-School event in northeast Albuquerque.
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The program launched in 2008 and has distributed more than 630,000 backpacks to military children. Event coordinators say events like these are helping for families serving in the military. “It’s a really awesome event that Operation Homefront is putting on. It provides financial support and relief for families for back-to-school, it’s a great community event,” Technical Sergeant Tara Guy said.
Operation Homefront expects to serve more than 18,000 military children nationwide…