How You can Help our Children and ‘Pack the Bus’

By Josh Beavers

School bells will be ringing very soon, and the Webster Parish school system is helping parents ease any pinch on the pocketbook that may come with getting back to learning.

The annual “Pack the Bus” event will be held Friday and Saturday at the Minden and Springhill Walmart locations. As part of the event, the community is encouraged to donate school supplies whether by bringing them to the bus or going inside the store and purchasing them. Supplies can then be donated in an effort to “pack the bus” which will be stationed in the Walmart parking lot.

The bus will be open at both Minden and Springhill locations from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday. This event will be followed by the annual “Back to School Bash” slated for August 9 at the Harper Center for Excellence. More information about that event will be coming in next week’s updates of the Webster Parish Journal.

This is the 13th year of the “Pack the Bus” event, and the support from the local community has been overwhelming, says Webster Parish Safe Schools Coordinator Ursula Hullaby.

“This is an important part of the school year,” Hullaby told The Journal. “I want to thank our sponsors and encourage the community to help us ‘Pack the Bus’.”

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