 You need a financial advisor with the freedom to focus on your specific needs. Whatever your goals, Reeve Potter can create a game plan tailored to you. Call Reeve at 432-0777 at Pikeville, Kentucky to learn more. On August 4th, the City of Coal Run will be hosting a back to school giveaway with backpacks and school supplies for free. Wednesday, Mountain Top spoke with Coal Run Mayor Andrew H. Scott about the event. I see parents every day who are trying to decide, you know, what are they going to buy? Are they going to go buy gas? Are they going to buy groceries? And then they get a list from the school, right? And the school has got, you know, $80 worth of items per child that is needed, right? And so if the City of Coal Run, if the commissioner's eye, can lift a little bit of that burden off the parent's bag for these children and these children oftentimes, because they have the supplies and because they're prepared, right, it makes them more confident. And when they're more confident, they succeed. So the commissioners and I here want to help them succeed and we can do that by giving the confidence and taking a little bit of the burden off the families who are struggling right now in this economy. For nearly a decade, the City of Coal Run hosted the giveaway to help parents and students as economic factors such as inflation continue to put Coal Run residents in a bind. Mayor Scott mentions how your kid can receive supplies. So basically on August the 4th from 11 to 3, they would be able to be picked up at the backpacks with the school supplies. We ask usually that the children be present. If there's some reason that you cannot bring your child and evidently sometimes there are, you know, please give us a call at City Hall. We'll deal with that on a case-by-case basis. But, you know, the important thing is, you know, we're doing this as a community. The commissioners and I want to do everything we can to help the children in our school systems in the county and in the region, you know, just get that extra leg up. You know, it's difficult right now. And I don't think our politicians in D.C. understand the price of gas, the price of groceries, the price of electricity, inflation, untamed inflation that's going on here in the United States right now. It's important for us as a community that we, you know, just reach out and try to help those in need. And the backpacks are for anyone. You know, if, you know, we're not certainly taking, we're not looking at your income taxes. We're not looking, you know, we feel that, you know, there's a lot of people who are in need and the people who show up are going to be those that get the backpacks. The City of Coal Run Back to School giveaway will be held August 4th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coal Run Community Center. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Korjol.