Seahawk cornerback Richard Sherman has got ‘em covered — and we’re talking local youths, not wide receivers.

Blanket Coverage, the Richard Sherman Family Foundation, recently donated 250 backpacks to foster children in Clallam and Jefferson counties — enough for each foster child in the two counties, North Olympic Foster Parent Association advocates say.

Locals Teri Cumming and Tara Johnson and others attended Sherman’s Blanket Coverage event on Aug. 1 where more than 2,500 backpacks were given out.

“We just asked if they would donate to foster kids (in our area) and they asked how many it would take,” Johnson recalled, so she contacted Linda Cortani, liaison for Fostering Together, who noted about 250 backpacks would cover local foster children and siblings for both counties.

On Aug. 7, the 250 backpacks arrived in Sequim. Each one is filled with school supplies, from papers and folders to scissors, erasers, pens and a personal encouragement from a foundation helper such as “Be yourself” and Smile.”

In recent years, members of Trinity United Methodist Church in Sequim have donated calculators for high school-aged youths and some may be available for foster youths this year.

The backpacks will be distributed to Clallam County foster youths at an annual foster families barbecue on Aug. 27. Jefferson County-area foster children received backpacks at an Aug. 12 event.

All Safe Mini Storage in Sequim donated a storage unit for the foster association to store the school supplies while organizing the distribution of the backpacks for the foster families backpack picnic. The local business also donated a U-Haul truck for volunteers to pick up the backpacks and bring them to Sequim.

Sherman formed Blanket Coverage in 2013 to provide students in low-income communities with school supplies and clothing so they can achieve their goals. During his high school days, Magic Johnson — Sherman’s childhood idol — came to Dominguez High School in Compton, Calif., and spoke to Sherman and classmates on the importance of setting and achieving your goals. Since that time, the Seahawk has made it his focus to “preach those same sentiments and help students achieve their fullest potential,” the foundation website notes.

For more about the North Olympic Foster Parent Association, see www.nofpa.org. For more about Blanket Coverage, see www.richardsherman25.com/pages/foundation.