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We’ve rounded up a list of back-to-school giveaways where parents can pick up brand new backpacks, notebooks, and other essentials.
Summer is flying by and and back-to-school season is almost here.
School supplies and book bags can only last so long when kids put them through the wringer all year. And it’s getting more expensive to replace them: an analysis last month from think tanks Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation found that American families are facing a nearly 11 percent price hike when it comes to back-to-school expenses this fall.
That’s why we’ve rounded up a list of back-to-school giveaways where parents can pick up brand new backpacks, notebooks, and other essentials to help start the school year off right. Know one we missed? List in below in the comments.
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Manhattan:
Aug. 12
PSA 1, 2860 West 23rd St.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Aug. 21
NY Foundling, 109 E 115th St.
1 to 5 p.m.
Aug. 27
Union Settlement, 237 E 104th St.
12 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 29
Devonte Davis Loyalty Foundation, 112th Street b/w Lenox and 5th Ave
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Brooklyn
Aug. 8
Melting Pot Restaurant, 4914 Ave H
2 p.m.
Aug. 15
M.I.C, Fulton Street and Stuyvesant Avenue
1 to 5 p.m.
Pilgrim Cathedral, 590 New Lots Ave.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aug. 18
State Sen. Roxanne J. Persaud’s Free Funday, Seaview Avenue and E 88th Street
3 p.m.
Aug. 20
State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton’s Office, Kaiser Park, 2529 Neptune Ave.
12 to 3 p.m.
Aug. 29
Major R. Owens Center, 1561 Bedford Ave.
12 to 3 p.m.
Aug. 30
Abundant Light and Grace Ministries, 1074 Eastern Pkwy
12 p.m.
Sept. 5
Pampers For Tots Corporation, Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park SW
1 p.m.
Queens
Aug. 8
Tax Hub Astoria, 22-03 Astoria Blvd.
12 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 18
Neighborhood Care, 41-61 Kissena Blvd.
1 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 29
Love Your Neighbor, 115th Street between Jamaica and 86th avenues
12 to 4 p.m.
Bronx
Aug. 7
Giving Friends, 1021 Jennings St.
10 a.m.
Jacobi Center, 3424 Kossuth Ave.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Aug. 8
Bent on Wellness, 3551 Laconia Ave.
1 to 4 p.m.
BCNY, 565 Morris Ave.
12 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 22
Cosplay Back2School, Devoe Park, West 188th Street
12 p.m.
Sharon Baptist Church, 827 Forest Ave.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Aug. 23
Pelham Pkwy Association, 990 Pelham Pkwy
12 p.m.
Aug. 28
NY Foundling, 434 Westchester Ave.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Morrisonia Air Rights Houses, 3125 Park Ave.
12 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 29
Pelham Lodge No. 712, 1000 E Tremont Ave.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Staten Island
Aug. 13
NY Foundling, 230 Broad St.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
United Federation of Teachers, 221 Broadway
12 to 2 p.m.
Aug. 19
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton’s Office, Tappen Park, Bay Street
12 to 3 p.m.
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