PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff



From right, Petra Leonard and son Justin, 6, of Tinton Falls, prepare boxes to send school supplies and children’s books to Hurricane Katrina-displaced children in Mobile, Ala., during Mahala F. Atchison School’s Operation: Helping Hands on Dec. 9; Sabrina Lamana, 7, Tinton Falls, starts a pile of markers to be sent; while Maggie Gaal (l) and Ashleigh Watrous pile notebooks to be added to the 50 boxes of supplies to be sent.  From right, Petra Leonard and son Justin, 6, of Tinton Falls, prepare boxes to send school supplies and children’s books to Hurricane Katrina-displaced children in Mobile, Ala., during Mahala F. Atchison School’s Operation: Helping Hands on Dec. 9; Sabrina Lamana, 7, Tinton Falls, starts a pile of markers to be sent; while Maggie Gaal (l) and Ashleigh Watrous pile notebooks to be added to the 50 boxes of supplies to be sent.