Mission Tecumseh Hosts 10th Annual Back To School Bash

  • Families and students fill the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center waiting in line at eight stations for school supplies and backpacks on July 27 during the 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies until those ran out. Countywide & Sun/ Natasha Dunagan
    Families and students fill the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center waiting in line at eight stations for school supplies and backpacks on July 27 during the 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies until those ran out. Countywide & Sun/ Natasha Dunagan
  • Miss Frontier Days Aleigha McCullough and Ella Whitney hand out colored pencils and Play Dough at the Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash, held at the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center on July 27. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies at eight stations until those ran out.
    Miss Frontier Days Aleigha McCullough and Ella Whitney hand out colored pencils and Play Dough at the Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash, held at the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center on July 27. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies at eight stations until those ran out.
  • Donna Wasson and Beth Lyle hand out markers and glue at the Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash, held at the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center on July 27. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies at eight stations until those ran out. LaGrange estimates they had 700 to 750 people come through the event, with about 50 volunteers from the community working it. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Donna Wasson and Beth Lyle hand out markers and glue at the Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash, held at the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center on July 27. Mission Tecumseh Board Member Anthony LaGrange said they gave away the 549 backpacks they had available in the first hour and continued to hand out school supplies at eight stations until those ran out. LaGrange estimates they had 700 to 750 people come through the event, with about 50 volunteers from the community working it. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Jaden Neal, 7, of Shawnee, takes a slice of watermelon, as Steven Self prepares to cut more at the Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash, held at the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center on July 27. Lang Bartmess (behind Self) brought about 10 watermelons for the event. In the neighboring tent, Nicki & Shane Mills assemble and wrap around 500 hotdogs. There were also free snow cones that attracted a long line, and inside the building they provided school supplies and backpacks. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Jaden Neal, 7, of Shawnee, takes a slice of watermelon, as Steven Self prepares to cut more at the Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash, held at the WP Wood/THS Alumni Center on July 27. Lang Bartmess (behind Self) brought about 10 watermelons for the event. In the neighboring tent, Nicki & Shane Mills assemble and wrap around 500 hotdogs. There were also free snow cones that attracted a long line, and inside the building they provided school supplies and backpacks. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
  • 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash
    On July 27, from 10 am to 1 pm, the W.P. Wood/THS Alumni Center in Tecumseh was filled to capacity with families and students for the 10th Annual Mission Tecumseh Back to School Bash.Inside the Alumni, at eight stations, they filled backpacks with school supplies, and outside in the parking lot, they filled stomachs with hotdogs, bottled water, watermelon and snow cones.Mission Te...

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