Supporting Our Schools

Education Aug 9

NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura shows you can help support our schools.

Community Apr 25

Supporting Our Schools: Annual effort begins Thursday

NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48’s annual effort to help equip children with backpacks and essential school supplies kicks off Thursday.
Community Jul 31

Supporting Our Schools

NBC Bay Area is teaming up with Family Giving Tree to help prepare 30,000 Bay Area students for the 2024-2025 school year. To make a donation CLICK HERE. Nearly 4 million Bay Area residents are consid...
Jul 28, 2023

Support Students Returning to the Classroom! Join NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 in Supporting Our Schools

All too often, many students don’t have the school supplies — pens, paper, notebooks and more — that they need to succeed in school. With inflation rising, we anticipate that the 2023-2024 school year...
Aug 11, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: Backpack drive update

This summer, NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 have been Supporting Our Schools with a marathon backpack drive. Chris Chmura has an update on this drive.

Aug 9, 2023

Teachers ask parents to go ‘back to basics' when buying school supplies

Bright, shiny, and even scented. When you’re shopping for school supplies, some will catch your eye — or nose — and the little ones will likely love them. But, before you buy those glittery supplies, Chris Chmura shares another consideration.
Jul 28, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: Collecting donated backpacks

We’re once again responding to help families who can’t afford back-to-school basics. Chris Chmura reports.
Jul 24, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: What to know and how to donate

NBC Bay Area’s Chris Chmura has the latest on our Supporting Our Schools campaign.
Schools Jul 26, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: Backpack drive at Family Giving Tree in Sunnyvale

Our backpack drive continued Wednesday at Family Giving Tree in Sunnyvale with help from Lam Research, along with drives in San Ramon and Palo Alto. Chris Chmura reports.
Schools Jul 24, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: Backpack drive in San Jose

Partnering with the Family Giving Tree, the Comcast/Xfinity store in San Jose was the site of the latest backpack drive to help Bay Area students in need. Chris Chmura reports.
Schools Jul 19, 2023

Supporting Our Schools: Family Giving Tree backpack giveaway

NBC Bay Area is partnering with the Family Giving Tree in Sunnyvale throughout July on packing and donating thousands of backpacks to local students in need. Chris Chmura reports.