Amarillo's Mix 94.1 is teaming up with Education Credit Union and the High Plains Food Bank Kid's Cafe to collect school supplies for those in need this school year.
Now I know we are just to the first day of July, but let's face it, the new school year will be here in the blink of an eye. That's why the Salvation Army of Amarillo is being proactive and starting their school supply drive.
Whether we like it or not, school starts in a month. Can you believe that summer has flown by again. Why does it seem that the school year takes forever and then summer rolls around an is over in the blink of an eye? Well not that the start of the school year is literally around the corner, that means back to school shopping will start happening. However, a lot of families cannot afford those
Now that August has arrived, it's back to back-to-school shopping. When I was a kid, it was all about having the coolest Trapper Keeper. The Trapper Keeper was the iPhone of the 80's preteen. It held folders and paper and it had a clipboard and you could even stuff photos inside the plastic cover. I vividly remember ogling the Lisa Frank designed Trapper Keepers and begging my mom to spend the $5
Kids love going back to school shopping, it is one of the highlights of the impending school year. They love picking out their folders and their backpacks and their lunch boxes. Now parents have something else to worry about, according to a new study kids school supplies are contaminated by toxic chemicals.