The Hawaiʻi County Police Department is participating  in an islandwide backpack drive for in-need keiki.

Backpacks are the most requested non-food item by charities in Hawaiʻi. The donated backpacks will be distributed to children at women’s shelters, homeless shelters, and transitional housing facilities around the island.

New and unfilled backpacks may be dropped off at any Hawai‘i Island police station now through July 15, 2023.
 
Since 2008, the Hawaiʻi County Police Department has teamed up with Hope Services Hawaiʻi to collect school backpacks for children who cannot afford them. Last year more than 700 backpacks were collected throughout the island’s police stations and distributed by Hope Services.

Photo credit: Hawaiʻi County Police Department