Published August 13. 2021 03:20PM
ABOVE: Chanelle Crow, 6, of Lehighton, is excited after receiving her new backpack. A total of 92 backpacks were given out Wednesday for students grades K-6 in the Lehighton Area School District. First Presbyterian Church of Lehighton congregation members donated to buy the backpacks and supplies. RIGHT: Piper Bonhomme, 5, and Landen Bonhomme, 4, of Lehighton, are all smiles after receiving their free backpacks Wednesday.
FAR RIGHT: Cayden Green, 5, of Franklin Township, has his face painted by Gail Christopher-Lazar, an art teacher at Panther Valley Elementary School. The event also had free hot dogs, a fish pond and face-painting. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS
Chanelle Crow, 6, of Lehighton, is excited after receiving her new backpack. A total of 92 backpacks were given out on Wednesday for students grades K-6 in the Lehighton Area School District. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS
Piper Bonhomme, 5, and Landen Bonhomme, 4, of Lehighton, are all smiles after receiving their free backpacks Wednesday. Congregation members from the First Presbyterian Church of Lehighton donated to buy the backpacks and supplies. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS
Cayden Green, 5, of Franklin Township, has his face painted by Gail Lazar, an art teacher at Panther Valley Elementary School, during a free backpack and supplies giveaway for students grades K-6 in the Lehighton Area School District on Wednesday. There were also free hot dogs, a fish pond and face-painting as part of the event. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS
Leonard VanHorn, 9, and Aedon VanHorn, of Lehighton, proudly display their new backpacks as part of a free backpack and supplies giveaway for students grades K-6 in the Lehighton Area School District Wednesday in the Lehighton Borough Park, The event was sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Lehighton, TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS