{"id":118442,"date":"2014-08-14T20:12:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T02:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/hundreds-attend-back-to-school-bash\/"},"modified":"2014-08-14T20:12:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T02:12:18","slug":"hundreds-attend-back-to-school-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/hundreds-attend-back-to-school-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds attend back-to-school bash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anthony Tafoya seems worried about the clippers as Mandy Kaime cut his hair during the Back2School Bash at Lifeway Baptist Church. Local churches donated 240 backpacks with school supplies, 255 pairs of shoes, free haircuts and goodie bags.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zandra Hart addressed a crowd of about 300 people in the sanctuary of the Lifeway Baptist Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery child God has made, and he has given them a purpose and a destiny,\u201d Hart told the crowd.<\/p>\n

Seven churches across the valley came together and donated 240 backpacks full of school supplies to children in first through fifth grades. Last year, the event gave away 166 backpacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was overwhelmed and blown away by the people that came on board to do things,\u201d said Hart, the pastor of Community of Believers. Volunteers from the Pi\u00f1on Project also helped with the event.<\/p>\n

Long lines of excited children and their families formed winding their way through the building to various stations manned by volunteers from various churches. This year, volunteers gave 67 free hair cuts, and Samaritan\u2019s Feet gave away about 240 shoes. They also had Ute and Spanish translators on hand to speak with family members.<\/p>\n

Volunteer Dawn Terranova noted that the event, now in its second year, was bigger and more organized than last year. But the winding lines and the crowd were still a bit chaotic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids are all really overwhelmed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Gloria Coral Perez, 13, came with her little brother, Josue, 10, for the second year in a row. While waiting in line, she said she planned to have him get his hair trimmed again this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked how they did it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hart will be organizing the event next year. Samaritan\u2019s Feet also plans to return and will offer the opportunity to preregister to receive shoes.<\/p>\n

mshinn@cortezjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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