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.