RES4714- Hundreds of school-age children with their parents received a free back-to-school backpack filled with notebooks, pencils and erasers, scissors – pretty much anything a student might need to kick off the new school year Saturday at Praise Assembly near Shell Point.

RES4750- Meghan Blake, center, a volunteer with First Choice of Select Health of S.C., passes out school items Saturday at Praise Assembly.

RES4762- Katherine Malutich, left, lets in small groups of students and their parents during the back-to-school event Saturday at Praise Assembly. The event featured health screenings, children’s activities, school supplies and fresh fruit and vegetables.

RES4764- Low Country Food Bank donated more than 5,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to the Select Health of S.C.’s First Choice program Saturday morning at Praise Assembly near Shell Point.

RES4772- Volunteers get ready to pass out some of the 5,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables donated by the Low Country Food Bank. The food give away was part of the back to school program sponsored by the Select Health of S.C.’s First Choice program.