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1,500+ backpacks are still needed for kids in Olmsted County before school starts. Here's how you can easily help kids have a running start this school year.

1,500+ backpacks are still needed for kids in Olmsted County before school starts. Here's how you can easily help kids have a running start this school year.

1,500+ backpacks are still needed for kids in Olmsted County before school starts. Here's how you can easily help kids have a running start this school year.

1,500+ backpacks are still needed for kids in Olmsted County before school starts. Here's how you can easily help kids have a running start this school year.

1,500+ backpacks are still needed for kids in Olmsted County before school starts. Here's how you can easily help kids have a running start this school year.

1,500+ backpacks are still needed for kids in Olmsted County before school starts. Here's how you can easily help kids have a running start this school year.

>> there is a lot of uncertainty right now. what would formally be our busy time of the year has been sort of busy. >> reporter: and then there is supply chain slowdowns. >> i have an order right now where i cant fulfill it because my supplier doesnt have the product that hasnt made it here from other countries. so, thats money im losing. >> reporter: and at operation backpack in new york city, theyre short on backpacks. >> this year we need 15,000 and were short upwards of 3,000. >> reporter: t...

Vulnerable, children living in shelters. >> a pre-k backpack is $45. a high school backpack can cost $150 or more. people who are struggling cannot afford that. >> reporter: federal aid has helped offset some of the pandemics economic pain, about half of back to school shoppers are using stimulus checks or the child tax credit to pay for school supplies. but for many families, its still not enough. >> the fact that the students in our shelters will have one less thing to worry about, where are t...