Backpacks for Needy Students

The South Windsor Jaycees and the Office Depot store at the Shoppes at Buckland Hills have joined together to provide back-to-school supplies for youngsters enrolled in the after-school programs administered by Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sister at the Natchaug School, the W.B. Sweeney School, the Windham Center School and the North Windham School. Posing with the Office Depot-donated backpacks, from left, are: Lorin Charanian, school-based coordinator for Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters; Casey Schneider, South Windsor Jaycees member; Erin Aldo, South Windsor Jaycees member; Mark Schneider, South Windsor Jaycees member; Heidi James, South Windsor Jaycees member; Paul Petrillo, South Windsor Jaycees member; and Jim Ney, manager of the Buckland Hills Office Depot.