Members and volunteers of the Burton Fire District help sort hundreds of bags of school supplies donated by shoppers at the Walmart Supercenter on Robert Smalls Parkway on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, during their Fill the Tank School Supply Drive. Asa Aarons/The Island News

Fill the Tank School Supply Drive

August 7, 2024

Education/News

Ron Howarth, of Beaufort, takes a moment from shopping to give a cash donation to the volunteer Tina Barker of Fill the Tank School Supply Drive set up outside of the Walmart Supercenter on Robert Smalls Parkway on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Donations and school supplies will be distributed to schools in the Beaufort area. Asa Aarons/The Island News

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