Breanna and Logan Bush, students in USD 298, with help from their mother, Bonnie Bush, are giving back to the community they love. For the second consecutive year they have collected bookbags and school supplies to give to community members who need help with Back-to-School shopping. This year 18 full backpacks were delivered to various families. Even more families who didn’t need a backpack, or a backpack was not available, were helped with school supplies. This is their family’s way of helping beat the rate of inflation.
Bonnie said the kids use their own money throughout the year to purchase lightly used bookbags and supplies they find at 2nd hand stores or discounted at retail stores. Before school she posts on Facebook that they are offering help.
“Breanna and Logan got upset that the cities offer help for supplies but there’s no program for rural communities,” Bonnie said, adding that rural communities are the backbone for cities. “People private message me so the recipients are kept anonymous. We offer what we can to help. If we don’t have a bookbag but we do have supplies, we offer that. We do what we can to help anyone that messages me. I say we, but I just drive the kids to the store or cover cost if they’re short.”
Bonnie is being more help than she knows by instilling a charitable heart in her children!
They haven’t asked for community help with this project and Breanna and Logan are happy to spend their own money, but those who would like to help should message Bonnie Bush on Facebook.
