Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade hands out backpacks to military children
August 04, 2021 12:00 am
• Last Updated: August 05, 2021 6:55 pm
Carolyn Bannon, team captain for the Operation Homefront volunteers, starts to hand out backpacks to the eight children, ages 5 to 16, of the Matter family during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Volunteers with Operation Homefront distributed 300 backpacks Wednesday for Groton-area military children in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Also during the event handing out contact information was the liaison for Navy families with school-age children and representatives of Navy Housing. Liberty Bank, a sponsor of the event, also handed out bags with school supplies and a pair of sunglasses.
Carolyn Bannon, team captain for the Operation Homefront volunteers, takes another backpack from volunteer Pam Kinder of UCFS Healthcare, while handing out backpacks Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, to the eight children, ages 5 to 16, of the Matter family during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mason Kaffa, 7, smiles as he looks at the backpack he just received Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, with his sister Emma, 4, who will not start school until next year, at his side during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Nathan Bannon, 6, hands two backpacks to his mother, Carolyn, team captain for the Operation Homefront volunteers, to give to people in a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Aurora Meeds, 8, left, and her sisters, Penelope, 5, center, and Leona, 7, blocked from view, look at the new backpacks they just received Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Nathan Bannon, 6, grabs a backpack to hand to his mother, Carolyn, team captain for the Operation Homefront volunteers, to place in a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Carolyn Bannon, team captain for the Operation Homefront volunteers, places backpacks in a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Parker Bannon, 9, stacks backpacks on a table Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, while he and his mother, Carolyn, team captain for the Operation Homefront volunteers, and his siblings volunteer during the Operation Homefront Back-to-School Brigade at Balfour Beatty Communities in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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