‘Operation Backpack’ wrapping up

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - With school starting up next month, FOX10 News is committed to making sure students have all the supplies they need.

We are teaming up with the Department of Human Resources in Mobile and Baldwin counties and other community partners like Tobias & Comer Law, LLC to help make that happen with through “Operation Backpack.”

We are collecting things students need for school.

You can drop-off donations at Tobias & Comer Law, LLC on Dauphin Street, White-Spunner Construction on the West Interstate 65 Service Road South, participating Whataburger locations or right here at the FOX10 Studios on Satchel Paige Drive. The addresses are listed below:

“Operation Backpack” runs through July 31.

Some of the suggested items to donate include:

Backpacks

Single-subject spiral notebooks

Black-and-white composition book

Two-pocket organizer folders

Three-ring binder

Loose leaf paper

Zip-top canvas pencil case

12-inch ruler

Blunt-tip safety scissor

No. 2 pencils

Ballpoint ink pens

Colored pencils

Crayons

Pencil sharpener

Glue sticks

Highlighters

Waterproof paint set

Drawing paper

Hand sanitizer

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