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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.

>> 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 can't fulfill it because my supplier doesn't have the product that hasn't made it here from other countries. so, that's money i'm losing. >> reporter: and at operation backpack in new york city, they're short on backpacks. >> this year we need 15,000 and we're short upwards of 3,000. >> reporter: these backpacks filled with supplies are going to new york city's most vulnerable. children li...

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 pandemic's 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, it's still not enough. >> the fact that the students in our shelters will have one less thing to worry about, where are they going to get their school supplies, that's all we want is to alleviate that stress, alleviate ...