Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, AugusT 19 2022 Thousands of Everett and Malden students received backpacks from state grants By Tara Vocino A pproximately 3,000 Malden and Everett students are well prepared to head back-to-school, thanks to state grant funding. The Eliot Family Resource Center handed out backpacks and toiletries in preparation for the upcoming school year on Tuesday. One thousand families waited in line along Broadway for the school supplies. Twenty community partners were present. Lafayette School seventhgrader Aiden Bates enjoyed Richie’s Slush. Madeline English School first-grader Samuel Cruz, 7, and Madeline English School seventh-grader Sofia Chamorro, 12 (both far right) received backpacks from State Rep. Joseph McGonagle during Tuesday’s backpack giveaway at the Eliot Family Resource Center. East Boston Neighborhood Health Center community health worker Laura Londono Montoya and EBNHC Community Outreach and Enrollment Coordinator Nery Castro gave out a pencil case, hand sanitizers and pencils to Albert Parlin School student Raquel Sejuara and her father, Esteban Lopez. Shown from left to right: Everett High School alumnae Samaga Pokharel and Laura Castillo, State Rep. Joseph McGonagle, Eliot Family Resource Center Program Director Liliana Patino, Eliot Family Resource Center staffer Mirna Donis and local Attorney Eliza Presson handed out shampoo and toiletries. Lafayette School kindergartener Emma Feng, 5, received a school calendar from Portuguese Family Liaison Valeria Duarte. Parent Giselle Guzman, who hails from Everett, received sticky notes from Mystic Valley YMCA youth staffer Ashley Cohen and Mystic Valley YMCA COVID-19 Vaccination Coordinator Joshua Chu. Henry Claude and Jesula Vincent with Ward 5 School Committee Member Marcony Almeida Barros Going back-to-school are Malden High School freshman Esmeralda Contreras, 14, Everett High School junior Roberto Ramirez, 16, Ferryway School second-grader Lukas Contreras, 7, and Malden High School 2018 graduate Viktoria Vasquez, who received a backpack for her cousin, Francisco Marte. Heading back-to-school are Lafayette School third-grader Alisson Viera, 8, who is pictured with her mother, Maritza Viera, Ferryway School sixthgrader Stanley Houezo, 11, and Ferryway School secondgrader Dylan Houezo, 7. The line stretched around the corner onto Broadway. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Tufts Health Plan Senior Community Relations Representative Andrea Munoz handed out a string bag to Sofia Lainez.
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