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Ricardo Toussaint (left) and fellow Sigma Beta Club members, Morale Durden and Abelard Cesar (right) presented Garden City Elementary School Principal Teri Barenborg with 28 backpacks filled with school supplies on Aug. 14. The backpacks were donated by Mercedes Homes and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., the sponsors of the Sigma Beta Club, donated the supplies. The backpacks will be given to needy first and second grade students at GCE. The local Sigma Beta Club participates in many community service projects throughout the year and is sponsored by Brady Talley of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Toussaint and Durden are students at Westwood High School and Cesar attends Lincoln Park Academy.