08-16-24 Backpack Giveaway

Board Member Amy Edmunds (center) and volunteers Anastasia Lucas and Charles King oversee the backpack table at the annual North Country Cares back-to-school backpack giveaway in North Conway on Aug. 16. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

CONWAY — North Country Cares’ 11th annual Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway for kids age 12-18 got a good response last Friday afternoon in the parking lot of the First Church of Christ, Congregational in North Conway, organizers said.

The event gave students and parents the opportunity to fill their supply needs before school starts Sept. 3.

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