SCHOOL FEST TAILGATE

Volunteers with Spread Hope Now’s annual School Fest Tailgate hand out binders to a student Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at Malone Park in Historic Downtown Sikeston. The community event provided free school supplies and clothing to students in grades prekindergarten through high school. (Gina Curtis/Standard Democrat)

SIKESTON — Volunteers with Spread Hope Now’s annual School Fest Tailgate hand out binders to a student Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at Malone Park in Historic Downtown Sikeston. The community event provided free school supplies and clothing to students in grades prekindergarten through high school. For more photos, view the photo gallery: https://standard-democrat.com/gallery/43942