Just about the time your child enters middle school, his or her backpack burden starts to grow. Laden with everything from textbooks to sports gear to cell phones and laptops, kids' backpacks get ...

It might be pink and fashionable, but throw in an extra binder here, a textbook there, and that backpack's not so cute anymore. That's one of the lessons more than 200 students at Hastings Middle ...

The Backpacks 101 Project has surpassed its goal again this year and added a new shelter to its recipients. Monique D’Sa started the project six years ago with a modest goal: to fill 20 backpacks with ...

More than 79 million U.S. students carry backpacks to school. Many students report back pain and suffer injuries from backpacks. More than 2,000 backpack-related injuries were reported in 2007. U of L ...

It’s that time of year again, and with the first day of school fast approaching, many parents, school-supply list in hand, are rushing to the stores. Sylvaine Chassay is one of those parents, and ...

The Backpacks 101 Project started with a modest goal: fill 20 backpacks with school supplies for children living with their mom in Women’s Habitat shelter in Etobicoke . Six years later, Monique D’Sa ...