Angels equip West Bonner students
Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 6 years, 4 months AGO
(Photo by KEITH KINNAIRD) Rylee Young, a Priest River Elementary second grader, shows off the backpack she picked out during the Angels Over Sandpoint bag and school supplies distribution at Priest River Lamanna High School on Aug. 29.
(Photo by KEITH KINNAIRD) Ethan Solomon, a third-grader at Priest River Elementary, looks over the backpacks.
(Photo by KEITH KINNAIRD) More than 150 backpacks and bags of school supplies were distributed by Angels Over Sandpoint at Priest River Lamanna High School on Aug. 29.
PRIEST RIVER — Scores of West Bonner County School District students are starting the school year on the right foot thanks to Angels Over Sandpoint.
The group distributed 152 backpacks and 152 bags of school supplies at Priest River Lamanna High School on Aug. 29, according to Wendi Belding of Angels Over Sandpoint.
It’s the second year Angels Over Sandpoint has distributed backpacks to West Bonner County School District.
“It was crazy because we went over double last year,” said Belding, who distributed the packs and supplies with her daughter, Karleigh, and PRLHS Principal Joe Kren.
Belding said around 60 bags were distributed in 2017.
Five bags went unclaimed and were donated to the high school’s homeless students. Other kids who just needed school supplies donated their backpacks.
“We had at least 12 kids do that,” said Belding.
