ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Over 3,000 backpacks, ready for a new home ahead of the new school year.
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“We have over 1,500 backpacks at each site. So here at the West Mesa Community Center and also at the Cesar Chavez Community Center,” shared West Mesa Community Center Supervisor Dominic Saavedra. For an eighth year in a row, Albuquerque Youth & Family services is teaming up with Presbyterian Turquoise Care, for another “Cruisin Into The School Year” supply drive.
“I think that the most crucial part of the school year is to start on the right foot. And sometimes it means just a kid going to school with the right materials,” continued Saavedra. Students from pre-school through high school will get a backpack to fill with whatever school supplies they need most. “The goal of the event is to provide our students with backpacks and essential school supplies that they need to kind of get their school year started,” emphasized Saavedra…