Laura Pugliese (right) of Wilton Road stuffs binder dividers into one of the backpacks for high school students.
Anna Kobelka from the Port Chester-Rye Brook Rotary Club zips up one of the filled backpacks. Fellow Rotary members Roman Ciosek (left) and John Kiyak also helped zip bags.
Fr. Hilario Albert from St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Port Chester and Kristin Saylor, a priest associate who joined the Port Chester church this summer, break down boxes that had been full of school supplies.
Rows of backpacks stuffed with school supplies sit ready to be picked up by social workers and community groups.
After volunteering at Helping Hands for the Homeless & Hungry annual event on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at Church of the Resurrection in Rye, three Port Chester girls pick up the bags destined for the learning center at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. From left: Iris Escobar, Esmerelda Salcedo and Judy Cacsire.
