St. Vincent kitchen volunteers hand out backpacks

Volunteers from the St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen recently distributed more than 700 backpacks and school supplies to families at Our Lady of Hope Parish. Items were donated by Citizens Bank, Guardian Insurance and Bridget Banick. Some of the volunteers, from left, are Barbara Ambrose, Fran Hopkins, Thelma Marshall, Sue Dalkiewicz, Charlene Morgan and Pauline Makowski. Also volunteering were Sue Massey, Mary Burns, Florence Balaog, Maureen Williams, Olivia Colleran and Diane Colleran.