Photo Gallery: Back to school supplies

Aug. 5—Vocational Rehabilitation Services Counselor Lorena Vega and Vocational Rehabilitation Services Transition Counselor Alejandra Fernandez speak to visiting families at the Texas Workforce Commission booth Friday at an event providing free school supplies for students ahead of the new school year at the Southern Careers Institute Harlingen Campus. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

BCFS Health and Human Services volunteer Lupita Arteaga hands a backpack to student Martiza Cervantes and her grandmother Rebecca Cervantes Friday at an event providing free school supplies for students ahead of the new school year at the Southern Careers Institute Harlingen Campus. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

Students Darwin and Genesis sport new backpacks Friday at an event providing free school supplies for students ahead of the new school year at the Southern Careers Institute Harlingen Campus. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

Families walk through different organization booths to pick up supplies and information Friday at an event providing free school supplies for students ahead of the new school year at the Southern Careers Institute Harlingen Campus. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)