The Hawaiʻi Island Police Department is participating in an island wide backpack drive for in need keiki. New and unused backpacks may be dropped off at all Hawai‘i Island police stations now through July 31, 2022.

The donated backpacks will be distributed to children at women’s shelters, homeless shelters, and transitional housing facilities around the island.  Backpacks are the most requested non-food item by charities in Hawaiʻi.  Big Island police, in partnership with Hope Services Hawaiʻi, have been collecting school backpacks for children in need since 2008.  
 
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