Dr. Akilah Weber’s Annual Backpack Giveaway

By Darrel Wheeler | Contributing Writer

District 79 Assembly Member Dr Akilah Weber held her second annual backpack giveaway last Saturday, August 13, at the Lemon Grove Recreation Center (LGRC).

“Kids are getting ready to go back to school, so we want to make sure every kid is ready,’’ Dr. Weber shared. “It’s not only important to me but it’s also important to the community and this is why you see so many different organizations out here donating money for the backpacks and volunteering their time to make sure that every kid in the 79th district is prepared for school.”

Photo by Darrel Wheeler

Call it Backpacks Galore, Backpacks-R-Us, or More-Packs-to-the-Ounce, whatever you want to call the free backpack giveaway, there was definitely no shortage of backpacks and other important school supplies at the LGRC.

“I had a lot of fun because they gave away nice backpacks and a bunch of other stuff also. I would come back again and I’m going to tell my friends,” 10 year old Kathleen Sherpa of Vesta La Mesa Academy shared.