Hundreds get school supplies during backpack event

Lake Butler Elementary School second-grader Jacob Wilhite shows off his new back pack from the community back-to-school event. Also pictured (l-r) are event organizers Tina Lloyd and Amanda Fort.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  Hundreds of Union County students gathered to pick up school backpacks and supplies during a community-wide event at Lake Butler Middle School on Saturday. Event organizer Tina Lloyd said this is the third year her original group of seven friends, now 14, have put together the giveaway, which has grown each…

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