Wednesday 13th August 2025
Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our Holiday Edition of Pack the Backpack continues this week with our winner being Mrs. Lindsay Adams, 1st Grade Teacher at West Marshall Elementary. She was nominated by a parent and student, Brittney and Bia Benson. Here is what they wrote to Kix 101.1.:
Hello!
I’d like to nominate my daughters 1st grade teacher Lindsay Adams at West Marshall Elementary!
Mrs. Adams is a dedicated, passionate, and caring teacher who got to “loop” this year and take her entire kindergarten class to first grade with her! She is always going above and beyond for her students! We see her car at the school even on the weekends! We feel Mrs. Adams could definitely benefit from the backpack to fill her classroom with all the supplies needed for all the extra she does with her busy 1st graders!
Thank you,
Brittney Benson
Bia Benson- 1st grader
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Adams below!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
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Miranda Lambert’s rounding up her Texas crew for Band Together Texas a benefit concert to help victims of the deadly Fourth of July floods that hit central Texas, killing over 130 people. The show’s August 17th at Austin’s Moody Center with Cody Johnson, Kelly Clarkson, Ronnie Dunn, Wade Bowen, and Parker McCollum. Among others. Can’t make it? Stream it live on Miranda’s YouTube or donate at BandTogetherTexas.com. Big stars, big cause, big Texas heart.
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Ella Langley is hitting pause on touring after feeling “more run down than ever.” She’s postponing her August shows to focus on her mental, physical, and emotional health but promises she’ll be back on the road in September. Sometimes you just gotta listen to your body… and maybe your tour bus.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa's BEST Country KIX 101.1
