For the eighth year in a row Hands4Hope – Youth Making A Difference members are collecting school supplies to help local students in need start the school year off on the right foot by providing backpacks and needed supplies. The School Supply Drive Committee wants to ensure that students have what they need to be successful in the upcoming school year and have set a goal to collect 500 backpacks and all that is needed to fill them before their distribution event on Friday, Aug. 6.