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PHOTO GALLERY: Rotary Club packs up backpacks


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 4:00 a.m. August 16, 2011
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PHOTO GALLERY: Rotary Club packs up backpacks
Art Hamilton begins to fill up a purple backpack with school supplies.
Art Hamilton begins to fill up a purple backpack with school supplies.
Garbage bags with supplied backpacks were piled up off in the corner.
Garbage bags with supplied backpacks were piled up off in the corner.
Hundreds of calculators were piled high on the long table full of other school supplies that would be going into all of the backpacks.
Hundreds of calculators were piled high on the long table full of other school supplies that would be going into all of the backpacks.
Rotarians make their way down the line filling up one to two backpacks at a time Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Rotarians make their way down the line filling up one to two backpacks at a time Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Bill Folz unwraps new backpacks for people to fill up with school supplies.
Bill Folz unwraps new backpacks for people to fill up with school supplies.
Victoria Garcia, 12, helped out by filling up backpacks Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Victoria Garcia, 12, helped out by filling up backpacks Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Joe Horne adds a calculator to one of the 800 backpacks that were being filled by the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Joe Horne adds a calculator to one of the 800 backpacks that were being filled by the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Greta Mahaffey adds a pack of 10 No. 2 pencils into a green backpack.
Greta Mahaffey adds a pack of 10 No. 2 pencils into a green backpack.
Keith Millard counts out loud as he adds filled backpacks into a garbage bag Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Keith Millard counts out loud as he adds filled backpacks into a garbage bag Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Van Wezel.
Pedro Reis doubles up and started a trend of filling up two backpacks at a time.
Pedro Reis doubles up and started a trend of filling up two backpacks at a time.
Dr. Ali Tahiri puts out more bags of pens onto the table to be added to the backpacks.
Dr. Ali Tahiri puts out more bags of pens onto the table to be added to the backpacks.

 

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