Parkland Student Leads Project to Paint Backpacks for Students in Ghana

Ginaya Meyer

In the Thursday Jan. 17 issue of the Chronicle, reporter Layla Garms writes about Ginaya Meyer, a senior at Parkland High School, who is coordinating a project to paint canvas backpacks to send to school children in a village in Ghana.

Meyer's goal is be able to send 60 backpacks. So far, she and other students have painted 35 backpacks.
 
The photo is by Layla Garms. You will find Garms' full story at Winston-Salem Chronicle