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Community First Partnership Group hosts Back to School Bash

Kewanna Trappio, far left, speaks with a volunteer at the Back to School Bash, while daughter Christi Badger and grandchildren Lana Donaldson, Noah King and Aa’Niyha Donaldson look for goodies in a basket. All the children attend Mill Creek Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 2.jpg — Kewanna Trappio, far left, speaks with a volunteer at the Back to School Bash, while daughter Christi Badger and grandchildren Lana Donaldson, Noah King and Aa’Niyha Donaldson look for goodies in a basket. All the children attend Mill Creek Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)

The Community First Partnership Group held a "Back to School Bash" Saturday, July 26, at the Boys and Girls Club of Bulloch County.

The event welcomed students and families back to school, which starts back Friday, Aug. 1, while providing resources and support for the upcoming academic year. The bash featured a variety of activities, including games, educational challenges and opportunities to connect with local organizations and community resources.

Paulette and Johnny Muns look at back-to-school supplies with granddaughter Adalynn Muns during Saturday's Back to School Bash. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 1.jpg — Paulette and Johnny Muns look at back-to-school supplies with granddaughter Adalynn Muns during Saturday's Back to School Bash. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Rachel Bryant, with the local Zeta Phi Beta sorority, which provided volunteers for the Bash, shows off her dance moves. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 3.jpg — Rachel Bryant, with the local Zeta Phi Beta sorority, which provided volunteers for the Bash, shows off her dance moves. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Harmony Spann, right, a rising fifth grader at Mattie Lively Elementary, looks at some books along with Teresa Flemming, assistant principal at Langston Chapel Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 4.jpg — Harmony Spann, right, a rising fifth grader at Mattie Lively Elementary, looks at some books along with Teresa Flemming, assistant principal at Langston Chapel Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Major Johnson, in blue shirt, who will be attending kindergarten at Langston Chapel Elementary, and Malik Alston, who will begin pre-K at LCES, try on their new book bags with the help of mother Cynthia Alston, left. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 5.jpg — Major Johnson, in blue shirt, who will be attending kindergarten at Langston Chapel Elementary, and Malik Alston, who will begin pre-K at LCES, try on their new book bags with the help of mother Cynthia Alston, left. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Jojo Aaron, a second grader at Claxton Elementary, shows off his basketball moves to Kaleb Murphy, a volunteer with the Statesboro Youth Council. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 6.jpg — Jojo Aaron, a second grader at Claxton Elementary, shows off his basketball moves to Kaleb Murphy, a volunteer with the Statesboro Youth Council. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Crystal Simpkins, director of Early Learning and Literacy for Bulloch County Schools, leafs through pages of a book with 1-year-old Bella Saxon inside the Book Bus during the Back to School Bash. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Bash 7.jpg — Crystal Simpkins, director of Early Learning and Literacy for Bulloch County Schools, leafs through pages of a book with 1-year-old Bella Saxon inside the Book Bus during the Back to School Bash. (JASON MARTIN/special)

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