The organization Packz 4 Kidz Denver held an event Saturday to give free backpacks full of supplies to kids who need them for back to school. Evan Kruegel has the details. The organization Packz 4 ...

And was followed by rapid good news. Tish VanRavenhorst, founder of the Backpacks for Kids food program in South Kitsap, had a cheerful update to share just three weeks after the South Kitsap ...

Four years later, Every Meal serves 20 kids at Zimmerman Elementary. "It's just less than 10% of the students that are taking advantage of the program ... bringing the bags home," Heinz said.

The incident happened last month in the Backpacks for Kids food program's storage space, a room in the basement of Sidney Commons in Port Orchard. Rats were nesting in the oatmeal boxes and "the ...