300 military families at Wright Patt to receive backpacks, school supplies Sunday

WPAFB — Operation Homefront out of San Antonio, Texas, is distributing backpacks and school supplies to 300 Wright Patterson Air Force Base military children Sunday afternoon.

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The military families have been preregistered for the supplies and will receive them between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Presidential Drive in Fairborn.

“During this year’s campaign, Operation Homefront will distribute its 400,000th backpack since 2008, saving military families more than $50 million in back to school expenses,” stated a press release.

Dollar Tree, SAIC and other local partners helped Operation Homefront make the distribution happen.