 To provide students around the region with the much needed tools to succeed and further their education, a back-to-school supply giveaway took place right here in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. We started this out in 2015, trying to get the kids something to get excited for to go back to school. COVID's actually slowed it down some, we're having a new drive up, but the kids are still excited, they're getting kind of ice cream, they're getting supplies in the, judging our old school, we do that old math, if some of these parents got to do that new math, there wouldn't be a lot of scratch pads. Floyd County Judge Executive Robbie Williams says that his focus is helping to meet the needs of the families and students during the pandemic. With everything that's going on, it's just helping them out, it's just one less thing they have to worry about. The city has done an excellent job of doing this each year and we're happy to help as much as we can, but now I have to give credit to the city, they do a heck of a job. We know that it's just been a crazy time that we're in right now and so we're trying to make things feel as exciting and as normal as we can for these kids that are heading into a new school year. In my role, working with Bluegrass Care Navigators, which our main service line is hospice, we don't get to interact with kids as much, so being here today, getting to see their bright smiling faces has just been a joy. Williams says that this event was possible through a collaborative effort among the community. A lot of volunteers, a lot of corporate sponsors, businesses that have taken time and money and donated the labor, people to come here and work today, and it means a lot, especially in the times we're living in now, that people can come together for the betterment of our community. Organizers say that they are giving out 500 backpacks with all the school supplies that are required this year. This school year is going to be totally different this year. But they know how important it is so they're trying to get them off on the right track. And again, scratch pad for parents. Reporting from the Mountain Arts Center in Preston's Work, Kentucky, I'm Jeremy Justice with Mountain Top News.