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Abaas Abdi talks Thursday with Lisa Schulze, his former English Language Learner teacher at Montello Elementary School, during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 in the parking lot of The Store Next Door Project at Longley School on Birch Street. Hundreds of parents and students from the city came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hundreds of students and parents in the Lewiston school system wait in line Thursday afternoon during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 in the parking lot of The Store Next Door at the Longley School on Birch Street. Many came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hundreds of students and parents in the Lewiston school system wait in line Thursday afternoon during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 in the parking lot of The Store Next Door at the Longley School on Birch Street. Many came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Abaas Abdi, second right, greets Lisa Schulze, his former English Language Learner teacher at Montello Elementary School, on Thursday afternoon during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 in the parking lot of The Store Next Door Project at Longley School on Birch Street. Hundreds of parents and students from the city came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The Store Next Door staff member Annisi Abdi, middle, helps Pedro Lusseviko pick out a backpack Thursday afternoon during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 event in the parking lot of The Store Next Door at the Longley School on Birch Street. Hundreds of parents and students from the city came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hundreds of students and parents in the Lewiston school system wait in line Thursday afternoon during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 in the parking lot of The Store Next Door in the Longley School on Birch Street. Many came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hundreds of students and parents in the Lewiston school system wait in line Thursday afternoon during the Lewiston Public Schools Summer Outreach 2024 in the parking lot of The Store Next Door at the Longley School on Birch Street. Many came to receive free backpacks, play games, enjoy food, music and more. Most importantly, they got to meet with teachers, administrators, volunteers from the Lewiston schools and local businesses, and connect to community resources. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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