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August 27, 2015

Volunteer Eugenia Torres, right, hands out donated backpacks to Alondra Lezama, center, of St. Paul and her five siblings, clockwise from left, Leonardo, Tania, Damian, Stephany and Yahanan, at an event at St. Patrick in Inver Grove Heights Aug. 22 called the Back to School Bash. Volunteers from St. Patrick and several other local churches, including Inverhills Church, which sponsored the event, handed out 1,500 backpacks filled with school supplies to grade school and high school students in need. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit

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