Photo of the day: Magna students treated to new backpacks filled with school supplies

Magna Elementary School students pick up backpacks during a charity backpack distribution event at the school in Magna on Monday, Aug. 17, 2021. About 587 students at the school were given backpacks filled with school supplies thanks to Vivint Gives Back, the charitable arm of Vivint Smart Home, and the Granite Education Foundation. | Shafkat Anowar, Deseret News

Students at Magna Elementary School on Tuesday each received a backpack filled with school supplies thanks to Vivint Smart Home and the Granite Education Foundation.

The giveaway was part of Vivint Gives Back, the charitable arm of the Lehi-based company.

Thanks to more than $1 million in Vivint customer and employee donations, 8,000 backpacks filled with school supplies will be given to students in the Granite School District, where, according to the foundation, more than half of students live at or below the poverty level.

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