Grace UCC volunteers Cindy and Gary Trively, of Northampton, show the T-shirts given to students attending the event at the 902 Lincoln Ave., Northampton, church.

The Rev. Heather Kurtz gives Tracy Rolls, a teacher at Siegfried Elementary School, and her daughter Ashley, a freshman at East Stroudsburg University, miniature crosses at the church's annual Blessing of the Backpacks.

Steve Myers, of Coplay, provides musical entertainment at the event.