Jackson, Mich. (WKHM, Greg O’Connor) — The Jackson County ISD and Jackson Reads present the Back to School Bonanza with backpacks, books, school supplies, and pizza all free for the first 500 kids Thursday, August 15 from 3 to 7 p.m.

The event will be located at JCISD Central Campus, 1226 S. Wisner (the old Frost school building). Sandy White and Maeghan McCormick, ISD Literacy Consultants, recently joined WKHM to share the details.

We asked Sandy about Jackson Reads:

Maeghan said that it is important to get kids reading early:

Sandy says normally they have three big events per year. They hope to surpass 100,000 books this year:

Maeghan comments on the rehabbed Frost building:

We asked Sandy where all the books come from:

Rain will move the event inside the cafeteria.