IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR! BACK TO SCHOOL!
We’re excited to bring Project Backpack for the 5th year in a row! We’ve given over 50,000 backpacks full of school supplies to Nevada students to help them get ready for the school year. It’s our honor to give back to Nevada kids, a state we love so much.
Our story
Thousands of children go without backpacks and the essential supplies they need to succeed in school. Wanting to make a difference in Nevada, Richard Harris set out on a mission to get backpacks and school supplies into the hands the neediest students. Through the generous support of local volunteers, attorneys and staff of Richard Harris Law Firm, Project Backpack will once again have a strong launch to start this school year.
Richard Harris Law Firm’s 5th Annual Project Backpack Event
These events are for the students who are NOT receiving a backpack at the schools we are supporting in 2025. This year, we are giving backpacks only to KINDERGARTEN students at the listed schools. Students who are in all grade levels of any school (excluding kindergarten students at the listed schools) are eligible to attend the in-person event. See below for a list of kindergartener’s schools.
Las Vegas
Saturday, July 26th
from 8 am – 11 am
Parking is located at the lot on Hoover and 4th St.
Ticket Busters and The Defenders Event Room
830 S. 4th St., Las Vegas, NV 89101
- Backpacks are intended for those who do not attend a school already receiving backpacks.
- Backpacks given away on first come, first served basis, while supplies last
- One per student
- Students must be present to receive backpack
- Registration must be complete at event
- Adams, Kirk ES
- Bailey, Sister Robert Joseph ES
- Bendorf, Patricia ES
- Bruner, Lucile ES
- Bryan, Roger ES
- Bunker, Berkeley ES
- Cahlan, Marion ES
- Christensen, M.J. ES
- Conners, Eileen ES
- Cozine, Steve and Linda ES
- Crestwood ES
- Culley, Paul ES
- Cunningham, Cynthia ES
- Decker, C.H. ES
- Derfelt, Herbert ES
- Diaz, Ruben ES
- Duncan, Ruby ES
- Earl, Ira J. ES
- Earl, Marion ES
- Edwards, Elbert ES
- Eisenberg, Dorothy ES
- Ferron, William ES
- Fitzgerald, H.P. ES
- Goldfarb, Daniel ES
- Gragson, Oran ES
- Guy, Addeliar ES
- Harmon, Harley ES
- Harris, George ES
- Heard, Lomie ES
- Herr, Helen ES
- Herron, Fay ES
- Hickey, Liliam ES
- Hummel, John ES
- Iverson, Mervin ES
- Katz, Edythe and Lloyd ES
- Keller, Charlotte & Jerry ES
- Kelly, Matt ES
- Lincoln ES
- Lowman, Mary and Zel ES
- Lynch, Ann ES
- McMillan, James ES
- Mendoza, John ES
- Moore, William ES
- Mountain View ES
- Pittman, Vail ES
- Rainbow Dreams Early Learning
- Roberts, Aggie ES
- Ronzone, Bertha ES
- Smith, Hal ES
- Smith, Helen Marie ES
- Snyder, William ES
- Squires, C.P. ES
- Tartan, John ES
- Thorpe, Jim ES
- Treem, Harriet ES
- Twin Lakes ES
- Ullom, J.M. ES
- Warren, Rose ES
- Wasden, Howard ES
- Wengert, Cyril ES
- Wilhelm, Elizabeth ES
- Williams, Tom ES
- Woolley, Gwendolyn ES
Reno
Saturday, July 26th
from 1 pm – 4 pm
Richard Harris Law Firm Parking Lot
6900 S McCarran Blvd, Reno, NV 89509
- Backpacks are intended for those who do not attend a school already receiving backpacks.
- Backpacks given away on first come, first served basis, while supplies last
- One per student
- Students must be present to receive backpack
- Registration must be complete at event
- Allen, Lois
- Anderson
- Beasley, Bud
- Beck, Jessie
- Bennett, Esther
- Bohach, John
- Booth, Libby
- Brown
- Cannan, Rita
- Caughlin Ranch
- Corbett, Roger
- Desert Heights
- Diedrichsen, Lloyd
- Dodson, Edwin
- Donner Springs
- Double Diamond
- Drake, Florence
- Duncan (STEM), Glenn
- Dunn, Katherine
- Elmcrest
- Gerlach K-12
- Gomes, Nancy
- Gomm, Roy
- Greenbrae
- Hall, Jesse
- Hidden Valley
- Huffaker
- Hunsberger, Ted
- Hunter Lake
- Incline (ES)
- Inskeep, Michael
- Juniper, Lena
- Lemelson, Dorothy
- Lemmon Valley
- Lenz, Elizabeth
- Lincoln Park
- Loder, Echo
- Mathews, Bernice
- Maxwell, Alice
- Melton, Rollan
- Mendive, Lou
- Mitchell, Robert
- Moss, Marvin
- Mt. Rose K-8
- Natchez
- North Star Online K-12
- Palmer, Virginia
- Peavine
- Picollo (PK-12)
- Pleasant Valley
- Poulakidas, Nick
- Raw, Jwood
- Risley, Agnes
- Sepulveda, Miguel
- Silver Lake
- Smith, Alice
- Smith, Kate
- Smithridge (STEM)
- Spanish Springs ES
- Stead
- Sun Valley (ES)
- Swope, Darrel
- Taylor, Alyce
- Towles, Mamie
- Van Gorder
- Verdi
- Veterans
- Warner, Grace
- Westergard, George
- Whitehead, Jerry
- Winnemucca, Sarah
What people are saying
Thank you for your generous donation to Vegas Verdes Elementary School. Our teachers and staff work tirelessly in order to provide opportunities for students and families to participate in the education process. Your backpack donation will help provide our students with the necessary items they need to be successful in school. ~Kelly Grondahl (Principal)
OUR FIFTH OFFICIAL YEAR OF HELPING AND COUNTING
“The children of Las Vegas deserve better. With the help of my incredible team, I am excited to continue our Project Backpack initiative. My goal is for every child in need to receive a backpack, and we look forward to the lasting impact this initiative will have on the kids and families of our communities.”
~ Richard Harris
“We need to do more for the kids in our community. Every kid deserves to have the supplies they need to succeed in school. Our firm is going to keep giving until every kid in Las Vegas who needs a backpack gets one.”
~Josh Harris
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