Some local back-to-school drives running out of supplies
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The back-to-school frenzy is here.
This year, price is one of the main issues parents told News 12 they are facing.
Several locals came together over the weekend planning and organizing back-to-school drives.
With prices up, everyone is looking for the best deals, but those deals are running out.
Groups help prepare students, parents with school supplies
A new study says the parents of K-12 or college students will spend $541 on average on school supplies and clothing for their kids’ school year.
At the Hawk Law Group drive, hundreds of parents and students gathered to grab pens, pencils and more.
Over at Lai Li’s hair salon, parents were trying to get their hands on this year’s hot commodity: bookbags.
But some organizers told News 12 they had a hard time getting those bookbags to every student, because they were gone before their event even made it through the first hour.
Staci Cheatham, owner of Lai Li’s hair salon said, “We had people lined up already at 10:50 and we didn’t even start until 12. So by 11:40 the lawn was full with people so we just went ahead and started. We started initially with 220 book bags. We ended up giving away all of those. And we packed grocery bags full of supplies, about 50-60 bags. And we got rid of all of those.”
CSRA back-to-school drives help families prepare, save money
We are just days away from the first day of school and there’s several school supply drives this weekend to make sure your kids have what they need.
Parents said with inflation it has become very hard to buy supplies for their kids.
News 12 did the math for a fifth-grader’s supply list at Aiken Elementary. It came out to $77.85.
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