http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/08/21/800-backpacks-supplies-distributed/ Discuss the local stories and questions. Mon, 20 May 2013 01:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/08/21/800-backpacks-supplies-distributed/comment-page-1/#comment-5291 john Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:07:46 +0000 Although i think it is a really great thing to pass out school supplies, the back packs Do Not Hold Up for more than a week or 2, from all the weight our kids are forced to carry around. The straps always rip away within a couple of weeks and are not worth the time of standing in line to recieve, maybe for an elementry student but for middle school and high school students you are better off trying to find something that will hold up.

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