The annual Back-to-School Giveaway was held at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, Georgia on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Volunteers from the Twin Angels Foundation, Prince Hall Mason and O.E.S lined tables with notebooks, clothes, backpacks and other school supplies to giveaway to children for the upcoming school year. During the event, community organizers also took the opportunity to discourage gun violence.
Various school supplies are stacked up and organized at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Signs that say “Stop the Violence Put the guns down!” are sitting at a table at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Volunteers unpack and place down school supplies at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Shoes are sitting on a stack of shoe boxes at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Sharon Barnett hugs volunteers at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Local Athens artist Casie Chantel performs at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Tiffany speaks to the crowd at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Dexter Fischer speaks to the crowd at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)A kid looks at a pair of shoes at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)Sharon Barnett helps children put their new shoes in the shoe box at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)A volunteer speaks to children who received their school supplies at the Back 2 School giveaway in Athens, Georgia on July 30, 2023. (Photo / Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
