It’s Back to School Bash time

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Xyleiah Valdez, Miss Hawaiian Royalty, lugs a load of bags containing school supplies to the growing pile Wednesday as volunteers packed more than 1,700 bags for the Fourth Annual Back to School Bash that takes place Saturday at Kukui Grove Center.

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Joe Peacock of Hawaii Building Maintenance breaks down a carboard box while Juan Magallanas helps Stephanie Shinno of Garden Island Federal Credit Union with a load of flattened boxes Wednesday during the packing of school supplies for the Fourth Annual Back to School Bash that takes place Saturday at Kukui Grove Center.

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Gwyneth Abella, a member of the Kauai High School Student Government team, lugs completed bags of school supplies Wednesday at Kukui Grove Center.

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An assembly line of volunteers packing bags of school supplies fills an available space at Kukui Grove Center Wednesday. The supplies will be distributed Saturday during the Fourth Annual Back to School Bash at the center.

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Representatives from the many sponsors get a look at the more than 1,700 bags of school supplies they packed Wednesday in preparation for the Back to School Bash free school supplies giveaway that takes place Saturday morning at Kukui Grove Center.