{"id":315915,"date":"2026-08-07T08:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315915\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:46:30","slug":"news-12-long-island-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315915\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Hundreds of Bronx families got a head start on the school year Thursday at News 12\u2019s annual Backpack Giveaway at the Morrisania Revitalization Corporation.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Families lined up before the doors opened to receive one of more than 450 free backpacks filled with school supplies to help students prepare for the first day of class.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The backpacks were donated by News 12, Optimum and Warner Bros. Discovery, with support from community partners including Staples, Stop &amp; Shop, Barnes &amp; Noble and Goya.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The event also featured food, giveaways and family-friendly activities, while connecting parents with free community resources and services.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Students of all ages \u2014 from elementary school through college \u2014 shared their excitement for the upcoming school year, with many saying they were looking forward to seeing friends, meeting new teachers and starting fresh.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The annual giveaway aims to help ease the financial burden of back-to-school shopping while ensuring local students have the supplies they need to start the school year and be ready to learn.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Event Information: <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Use the form below to send us\u00a0your photos!<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Backpacks donated by News 12, Optimum and Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u00a0Event partners include:<\/p>\n<p><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786092390_843_GOYA-Gives-Vertical.png\"   alt=\"GOYA-Gives-Vertical.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786092390_303_StopShopLogo2023.png\"   alt=\"StopShopLogo2023.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786092390_695_StaplesLogo2023.png\"   alt=\"StaplesLogo2023.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Bronx families got a head start on the school year Thursday at News 12\u2019s annual Backpack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-315915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}