IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR! BACK TO SCHOOL!

We’re excited to be running Project Backpack for the 4th year in a row! We’ve given 50,000 backpacks full of school supplies to local students, and we are excited to announce we have expanded Project Backpack throughout Nevada. We’re so happy to help students in our community get ready for a much more normal year of learning and fun! The backpacks are stuffed with awesome gear, so students will be set for an even more awesome school year! We’re so glad to have the chance to give back to the community we love so much.

 

 

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Our story

Thousands of school children go without backpacks and the essential supplies they need to succeed in school. Wanting to make a difference in Nevada, Richard Harris set out on a mission to get backpacks and school supplies into the hands of some of the neediest schools through his Project Backpack initiative. Through the generous support of local volunteers and the attorneys and staff of Richard Harris Law Firm, Project Backpack will once again have a strong launch at the start of this fall’s school year. This will mark our 4th official year of Project Backpack, and by the end of it, we will have donated over 50,000 backpacks full of supplies to Nevada school kids.

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Harris Law Firm’s 4th Annual Project Backpack Event

These events are for the students who are NOT receiving backpacks at the schools we are supporting in 2024. This year, we are giving backpacks out to only the KINDERGARTEN classes of the listed schools. Students who are in all grade levels (excluding kindergarten) are eligible for attending the in-person event. See below if you or your kindergartener’s school is listed and if they will be receiving a backpack or not.

 

 

Las Vegas

 

When:
Saturday, July 27th
from 9 am – 12 pm

Parking is located at the lot on Hoover and 4th St.

Where:
Richard Harris Law Firm

830 S. 4th St., Las Vegas, NV 89101

  • Backpacks are intended for those who do not attend a school already receiving backpacks.
  • Backpacks given away on first come, first served basis, while supplies last
  • One per student
  • Students must be present to receive backpack
  • Registration must be complete at event

 

Vegas Schools Served
  • Adams, Kirk ES
  • Bailey, Sister Robert Joseph ES
  • Bendorf, Patricia ES
  • Bruner, Lucile ES
  • Bryan, Roger ES
  • Bunker, Berkeley ES
  • Cahlan, Marion ES
  • Christensen, M.J. ES
  • Conners, Eileen ES
  • Cozine, Steve and Linda ES
  • Crestwood ES
  • Culley, Paul ES
  • Cunningham, Cynthia ES
  • Decker, C.H. ES
  • Derfelt, Herbert ES
  • Diaz, Ruben ES
  • Duncan, Ruby ES
  • Earl, Ira J. ES
  • Earl, Marion ES
  • Edwards, Elbert ES
  • Eisenberg, Dorothy ES
  • Ferron, William ES
  • Fitzgerald, H.P. ES
  • Goldfarb, Daniel ES
  • Gragson, Oran ES
  • Guy, Addeliar ES
  • Harmon, Harley ES
  • Harris, George ES
  • Heard, Lomie ES
  • Herr, Helen ES
  • Herron, Fay ES
  • Hickey, Liliam ES
  • Hummel, John ES
  • Iverson, Mervin ES
  • Katz, Edythe and Lloyd ES
  • Keller, Charlotte & Jerry ES
  • Kelly, Matt ES
  • Lincoln ES
  • Lowman, Mary and Zel ES
  • Lynch, Ann ES
  • McMillan, James ES
  • Mendoza, John ES
  • Moore, William ES
  • Mountain View ES
  • Pittman, Vail ES
  • Rainbow Dreams Early Learning
  • Roberts, Aggie ES
  • Ronzone, Bertha ES
  • Smith, Hal ES
  • Smith, Helen Marie ES
  • Snyder, William ES
  • Squires, C.P. ES
  • Tartan, John ES
  • Thorpe, Jim ES
  • Treem, Harriet ES
  • Twin Lakes ES
  • Ullom, J.M. ES
  • Warren, Rose ES
  • Wasden, Howard ES
  • Wengert, Cyril ES
  • Wilhelm, Elizabeth ES
  • Williams, Tom ES
  • Woolley, Gwendolyn ES

Reno

 

When:
Saturday, August 3rd
from 9 am – 12 pm

 

Where:
Richard Harris Law Firm

6900 S McCarren Blvd, Reno, NV 89509

  • Backpacks are intended for those who do not attend a school already receiving backpacks.
  • Backpacks given away on first come, first served basis, while supplies last
  • One per student
  • Students must be present to receive backpack
  • Registration must be complete at event

 

Reno Schools Served
  • Allen, Lois
  • Anderson
  • Beasley, Bud
  • Beck, Jessie
  • Bennett, Esther
  • Bohach, John
  • Booth, Libby
  • Brown
  • Cannan, Rita
  • Caughlin Ranch
  • Corbett, Roger
  • Desert Heights
  • Diedrichsen, Lloyd
  • Dodson, Edwin
  • Donner Springs
  • Double Diamond
  • Drake, Florence
  • Duncan (STEM), Glenn
  • Dunn, Katherine
  • Elmcrest
  • Gerlach K-12
  • Gomes, Nancy
  • Gomm, Roy
  • Greenbrae
  • Hall, Jesse
  • Hidden Valley
  • Huffaker
  • Hunsberger, Ted
  • Hunter Lake
  • Incline (ES)
  • Inskeep, Michael
  • Juniper, Lena
  • Lemelson, Dorothy
  • Lemmon Valley
  • Lenz, Elizabeth
  • Lincoln Park
  • Loder, Echo
  • Mathews, Bernice
  • Maxwell, Alice
  • Melton, Rollan
  • Mendive, Lou
  • Mitchell, Robert
  • Moss, Marvin
  • Mt. Rose K-8
  • Natchez
  • North Star Online K-12
  • Palmer, Virginia
  • Peavine
  • Picollo (PK-12)
  • Pleasant Valley
  • Poulakidas, Nick
  • Raw, Jwood
  • Risley, Agnes
  • Sepulveda, Miguel
  • Silver Lake
  • Smith, Alice
  • Smith, Kate
  • Smithridge (STEM)
  • Spanish Springs ES
  • Stead
  • Sun Valley (ES)
  • Swope, Darrel
  • Taylor, Alyce
  • Towles, Mamie
  • Van Gorder
  • Verdi
  • Veterans
  • Warner, Grace
  • Westergard, George
  • Whitehead, Jerry
  • Winnemucca, Sarah

What people are saying

Thank you for your generous donation to Vegas Verdes Elementary School. Our teachers and staff work tirelessly in order to provide opportunities for students and families to participate in the education process. Your backpack donation will help provide our students with the necessary items they need to be successful in school.  ~Kelly Grondahl (Principal)


OUR FOURTH OFFICIAL YEAR OF HELPING AND COUNTING

 

 

 

“The children of Las Vegas deserve better. With the help of my incredible team, I am excited to continue our Project Backpack initiative. My goal is for every child in need to receive a backpack, and we look forward to the lasting impact this initiative will have on the kids and families of our communities.”
~ Richard Harris

“We need to do more for the kids in our community. Every kid deserves to have the supplies they need to succeed in school. Our firm is going to keep giving until every kid in Las Vegas who needs a backpack gets one.”

~Josh Harris

The Inaugural Launch

Richard Harris Law Firm’s
Project Backpack

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The Morning Blend

Richard Harris Law Firm’s
Project Backpack

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