If you see hundreds of kids converging on McLevy Green this evening, don’t panic.
It’s a good thing. In preparation for the start of the new school year tomorrow, RYASAP, the regional agency that advocates for the health and safety of young people, is staging a backpack give-away starting at 5 p.m.
Joined by city officials, RYASAP expects to hand out backpacks, stuffed with school supplies, to about 400 school children. The project is funded by a $10,000 grant to RYASAP and local business donations.
Mayor Bill Finch and municipal department heads are also expected to turn out, with info available on a range of topics: fire safety and smoke alarms, school health centers, lead-poisoning prevention and police community services.
Unspecified kinds of refreshments are also supposed to be available. But like everything else at the event, they’ll be free! So how bad can they be?
