The communications departments at both Valdosta State University and Valdosta Technical College banded together to help purchase the 700 backpacks, she said.

The backpacks will be available to students from every school within the VCS system except Valdosta High School students.

Also at the event, parents will be able to find the date and times of their child’s open house, pick up pamphlets from several different colleges and meet players from the VHS Wildcat teams, Sanders said.

The idea for this event stemmed from an event Sanders heard was held in Atlanta.