Backpacks a burden to fill up with supplies

The downturn in the economy is hurting our children's education as families, many of them for the first time, can not purchase the required supplies for their children. Social organizations that give away stuffed backpacks say the demand is up from last year so much so that they are worried about having enough donations to fill the backpacks. We can not allow our children who are our future to suffer from the downturn in the economy. Those of us who have MUST give to those in need so that our future isn't sacrificed to fill the gas tank and out food on the table. Get involves, go to school board meetings, vote for officials that will provide for our children. Already the arts, music, and P.E. have been taken out of some schools due to budget constraints. What's next? Subject by subject we'll cut teachers? Stop the madness. Our children need the basic supplies to write and complete school projects.