More than 100 backpacks distributed to at-risk Calgary children in city’s southeast

Over 100 Calgary at-risk children received backpacks stuffed with school supplies Saturday. The Youth Empowerment and Skills Centre – YES Centre—handed out 150 backpacks at their third annual School Supplies Surprise Saturday in southeast Calgary. The initiative was made possible in part by a substantial donation made by the Calgary Flames Foundation, said community organizer Gar Gar, who’s the founder of the event. “There is a huge need,” said Gar Gar, in an interv