Page 16 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2024 Amazon donates 1,000 backpacks filled with supplies for back-to-school bash By Tara Vocino A s part of the ongoing partnership between the City of Revere and Amazon, Revere Public Schools families received free backpacks fi lled with supplies at a back-toschool event at the Revere High School Fieldhouse last Thursday night. The giveaway is the city’s largest to-date and helps supply students from across the district to support them in a successful start to the school year. Approximately 250 people attended the event. School Committee Secretary John Kingston handed out a backpack. Shown from left to right: A.C. Whelan fi rst-grader David Martin Salazar, Elizabeth Cruz, Jacoba Polo, Amazon Community Engagement Lead Jerome Smith and Mayor Patrick Keefe with pencils in hand. School Committee Vice Chair Jacqueline Monterroso with Senior Center Administrative Clerk Mina Canas during last Thursday’s back-to-school bash at Revere High School. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Shown from left to right: Bella Stamatopoulos, Rose Burns and Taylor Giuff re-Catalano checked in students. Shown from left to right: A.C. Whelan Elementary School students, including kindergartener Yasmin Benayad, third-graders Tuba Benayad and Emily Mendoza, her mother Rosa Castaneda, Nahomy Mendoza and third-grader Valentina Acosta Soto. School Committee member Stacey Bronsdon-Rizzo, Councillor-at-Large candidate Stephen Damiano, Lincoln School preschool teacher Kaycee Lynch, Lincoln preschooler Isabella Colleran, 4, Aliza Colleran, 4, and Micah Colleran, 5, with their mother, Laura Colleran. Garfi eld School sixth-grader Ireylis De Jesus, 11, Whelan School fourth-grader Esmeralda De Jesus, 9, Whelan second-grader Inayah De Jesus, 7, and Oreo, 1 month, and Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly. Abraham Lincoln School kindergartener Maihwish Khatun, 5, and fourth-grader Mareen Khatun, 9, and their mother, Isnaetra Khatun, with Mayor Patrick Keefe Abraham Lincoln Elementary School preschooler Dakota Lucia, 3, and Ashley Ciampa. Shown from left to right: Amazon Public Relations Offi cer Michael Murphy, Revere Operations Manager Michael McLaughlin, Amazon Community Engagement Lead Jerome Smith, Revere Mayoral Chief of Staff Claudia Correa and Revere Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Lourenço Garcia. Susan B. Anthony School eighth-graders Ashley Cela and Ayla Collaku, 13, and Paul Revere School secondgrader Aira Cela, 7 with School Committee members Aisha Milbury Ellis and Anthony Caggiano Revere High School sophomore Isabel, 16, and Staff Sergeant James J. Hill Elementary School fourth-grader Julietta Londono, 10, with Councillor-at-Large candidate Stephen Damiano
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