Students Darwin and Genesis sport new backpacks Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, 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)
Southern Careers Institute held a family-friendly back to school event offering free school supplies and health and community resources Friday in Harlingen and Saturday in Brownsville.
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, Aug. 5, 2022, 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, Aug. 5, 2022, 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, Aug. 5, 2022, 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, Aug. 5, 2022, 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)
