Sunnyvale Community Services distributes backpacks to children

(Photo by Jacqueline Ramseyer/Bay Area News Group/August 14, 2014)Javier Castillo, 9, (left) checks out his new backpack while his mom Ana (right) helps daughter Jacqueline, 5, put on her new Hello Kitty backpack, filled with age-appropriate school supplies, from Sunnyvale Community Services on August 14. With help from major supporters like The Sharks Foundation, Yahoo! Employee Foundation, and the Sereno Group Los Altos, SCS packed 1300 new backpacks with supplies and a $25 Payless gift card for a new pair of shoes. Families were also given bags of groceries so that their children would be ready for school from "head to toe." SCS will share some of their backpacks with the Sunnyvale Elementary School District for children who will need them for the new school year. — (Photo by Jacqueline Ramseyer/Bay Area News Group/August 14, 2014)Javier Castillo, 9, (left) checks out his new backpack while his mom Ana (right) helps daughter Jacqueline, 5, put on her new Hello Kitty backpack, filled with age-appropriate school supplies, from Sunnyvale Community Services on August 14. With help from major supporters like The Sharks Foundation, Yahoo! Employee Foundation, and the Sereno Group Los Altos, SCS packed 1300 new backpacks with supplies and a $25 Payless gift card for a new pair of shoes. Families were also given bags of groceries so that their children would be ready for school from “head to toe.” SCS will share some of their backpacks with the Sunnyvale Elementary School District for children who will need them for the new school year.

By Mercury News | themerc@bayareanewsgroup.com

PUBLISHED: August 20, 2014 at 12:12 p.m. | UPDATED: August 12, 2016 at 7:31 a.m.

All Packed Up

Javier Castillo, 9, left, checks out his new backpack while his mom, Ana, right, helps daughter Jacqueline, 5, put on her new Hello Kitty backpack, filled with age-appropriate school supplies from Sunnyvale Community Services on Aug. 14. With help from major supporters like the Sharks Foundation, Yahoo Employee Foundation and the Sereno Group Los Altos, SCS packed 1,300 new backpacks with supplies and $25 Payless ShoeSource gift cards. Families were also given bags of groceries so that their children would be ready for school from ‘head to toe.’ SCS will share some of its backpacks with the Sunnyvale School District for children who will need them for the new school year.