River Ridge High School Assistant Principal and GAKAC volunteer Stephanie Barber speaks with a young student in the games and crafts area.
Many Cherokee County School District employees and students volunteered this weekend to support the community’s largest back-to-school program to support families in need.
Give A Kid A Chance (GAKAC), a longtime grassroots event now organized by CCSD partner Revolution Church, was held at two sites in Cherokee County on Saturday, along with a third location in Pickens County, to provide students in pre-K through 12th grade with free backpacks and school supplies. Church leaders expected to serve more than 1,100 families totaling 2,600 children across the three sites, including more than 500 families at the church location in Canton…