Where to Find Backpack & School Supply Giveaways in NYC This Month ⁠3%

By Jeanmarie Evelly⁠47%

8/4/2026, 3:21:18 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Loss Aversion, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 313 faulty-reasoning hits from 446 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (28,942 of 29,795 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the article peer group.

We’ve rounded up a list of back-to-school giveaways where parents can pick up brand new backpacks, notebooks, and other essentials. 
The first day of school in Brooklyn in 2024. 
(Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) 
Summer is flying by and and back-to-school season is almost here. 
School supplies and book bags can only last so long when kids put them through the wringer all year. 
And it’s getting more expensive to replace them: an analysis last month from think tanks Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation found that American families are facing a nearly 11 percent price hike when it comes to back-to-school expenses this fall. 
That’s why we’ve rounded up a list of back-to-school giveaways where parents can pick up brand new backpacks, notebooks, and other essentials to help start the school year off right. 
Know one we missed? 
List in below in the comments. 
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PSA 1 , 2860 West 23rd St. 
NY Foundling , 109 E 115th St. 
Union Settlement , 237 E 104th St. 
Devonte Davis Loyalty Foundation, 112th Street b/w Lenox and 5th Ave 
Melting Pot Restaurant , 4914 Ave H 
M.I.C , Fulton Street and Stuyvesant Avenue 
Pilgrim Cathedral , 590 New Lots Ave. 
State Sen. 
Roxanne J. 
Persaud’s Free Funday , Seaview Avenue and E 88th Street 
State Sen. 
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton’s Office , Kaiser Park, 2529 Neptune Ave. 
Major R. 
Owens Center , 1561 Bedford Ave. 
Abundant Light and Grace Ministries , 1074 Eastern Pkwy 
Pampers For Tots Corporation , Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park SW 
Tax Hub Astoria , 22-03 Astoria Blvd. 
Neighborhood Care , 41-61 Kissena Blvd. 
Love Your Neighbor , 115th Street between Jamaica and 86th avenues 
Giving Friends , 1021 Jennings St. 
Jacobi Center , 3424 Kossuth Ave. 
Bent on Wellness , 3551 Laconia Ave. 
BCNY , 565 Morris Ave. 
Cosplay Back2School , Devoe Park, West 188th Street 
Sharon Baptist Church , 827 Forest Ave. 
Pelham Pkwy Association , 990 Pelham Pkwy 
NY Foundling , 434 Westchester Ave. 
Morrisonia Air Rights Houses , 3125 Park Ave. 
Pelham Lodge No. 
712 , 1000 E Tremont Ave. 
NY Foundling , 230 Broad St. 
United Federation of Teachers , 221 Broadway 
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton’s Office, Tappen Park, Bay Street 
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446 words analyzed.

Speakers

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100%flagged-word coverage
41 attributed words17% of attributed speech33% writer coverage
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Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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