An Orange County nonprofit that donates backpacks to needy children says it will aim to nearly double its contributions for the upcoming school year. Community Action Partnership (CAP OC) announced it hopes to “provide supplies to more students than ever” by giving away 5,000 backpacks to low-income students for the 2021–2022 school year. “No student should go to school worrying that they don’t have the supplies they need,” CAP OC said in a statement. “We want to ensure that they step back into school prepared to learn.” In past years, the goal of the nonprofit’s “Backpacks for Success” program has been to provide 2,000 to 3,000 fully supplied backpacks to children in need. But as students from low-income families prepare to transition back to in-person learning this fall, CAP OC aims to increase its contributions to meet growing demand. “The impacts of the pandemic are lasting, and many students in …