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Hundreds Of Students Outfitted With Much Needed School Supplies

DENVER (CBS4) - A new school year is right around the corner, and hundreds of children are ready for class thanks to a nonprofit determined to help them succeed.

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(credit: Courageous Faces Foundation)

The Only the Strong Foundation loaded up 230 backpacks full of school supplies for at risk kids on Saturday.

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(credit: Courageous Faces Foundation)

The foundation is led by Marcus Jackson, a former football player who is a quadriplegic.

Denver firefighters also showed up to help out and let the kids board one of their trucks.

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(credit: Courageous Faces Foundation)

It was all capped off with a burger cookout which fed more than 500 people.

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