{"id":296747,"date":"2026-06-05T04:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296747\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:02:08","slug":"central-florida-volunteers-fill-30000-backpacks-for-a-gift-for-teaching-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296747\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida volunteers fill 30,000 backpacks for A Gift For Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Kids may just be starting summer break, but leaders in Central Florida say it\u2019s never too early to think ahead to the next school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Hundreds of volunteers gathered on Thursday at the Orange County Convention Center for the Great Big Backpack Build, an event organized by A Gift for Teaching. The goal: to fill a record 30,000 backpacks with school supplies for students in Orange and Osceola counties\u2014helping families start the school year with one less worry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cIt removes the stress,\u201d said Jane Thompson, president of A Gift for Teaching. Thompson said with the current economic conditions, this year\u2019s backpack build is especially important. \u201dIt\u2019s just a huge relief,\u201d said Thompson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">This year marks the seventh year for the Backpack Build. And while it may feel early, organizers say the timing is intentional\u2014making sure students have the supplies they need and are ready to learn on day one.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Kids may just be starting summer break, but leaders in Central Florida say it\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[46874,125001,125000,28,30,29,27756,68790,125002],"class_list":["post-296747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-a-gift-for-teaching","tag-back-to-school-assistance","tag-backpacks","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-orange-county-convention-center","tag-orange-county-schools","tag-osceola-county-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}