Northern Kentucky’s largest and longest-running school readiness event will mark its 25th year when it kicks off in August.
The Backpacks Bonanza, formerly Backpacks & Breakfast, is set for Saturday, Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot at St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s Covington campus at 1500 James Simpson Jr Way.
Northern Kentucky Harvest, which started the project in 2001, will provide at least 1,250 backpacks this year stuffed with grade-appropriate school supplies. That’s 50 backpacks for each year the event has been held. This year’s backpacks will push the total number given away from the project to more than 19,000.
The event is open to students in pre-school through 12th grade in public, private and home schools across Northern Kentucky. Backpacks will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis…