Salt Lake students surprised with free backpacks, school supplies

SALT LAKE CITY — A local lending company surprised more than 840 students at Jackson and Rose Park elementary schools with new school supplies and backpacks.
Volunteers from Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. gathered Friday morning to hand-deliver backpacks to elementary school students in Salt Lake City.
Many families can buy school supplies at the beginning of the year, but supplies often run out halfway through the year, said Kandice Davis, a public relations specialist with the mortgag