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Backpack program ensures kids get a good start

Staples ensuring children return to school with the proper supplies
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Staples Penticton general manager Joseph Aschenmeier (left) and the Salvation Army Penticton Food Bank manager John Rankin (right), with backpacks filled with supplies that will be given to local families who struggle with the costs assosciated with going back to school. Submitted photo

The Staples Penticton location is donating backpacks filled with supplies for 60 students returning to school this fall. The program donates the bags for children and grandchildren of people who struggle with start up costs for school.