Backpacks and school supplies were handed out Friday to students in the Exeter and Antietam school districts at the Reformation Lutheran Church parish hall, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township.
Over the past two months, the church and other organizations in the districts collected school supplies and book bags for students in need. Volunteers on Monday filled 330 backpacks with items including crayons, highlighters, glue sticks, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers and pencil boxes.
Karen Hawk, organizer of clothing and school supplies, displays the contents of a backpack that will be given to an elementary school student during a backpack distribution at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Reiffton. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Skarlet Derouchie, 4, left, and her cousin Selena Leonard 8, display the backpacks they chose during a backpack distribution at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Reiffton. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Pandora Kuzniar, 4, wades into the backpacks for elementary school girls during a backpack distribution at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Reiffton. Pandora will enter preschool at Owatin Creek Elementary School. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Skarlet Derouchie, 4, looks over her backpack during a school supply distribution at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Reiffton. Skarlet will be entering kindergarten at Jacksonwald Elementary School. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Skarlet Derouchie, 4, left, jumps up and down after picking out her backpack during a school supply distribution at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Reiffton. Skarlet will be entering kindergarten at Jacksonwald Elementary School. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
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Karen Hawk, organizer of clothing and school supplies, displays the contents of a backpack that will be given to an elementary school student during a backpack distribution at Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Ave., Reiffton. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)