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Backpack And School Supply Distribution Honors Slain Teen

August 21, 2016 General News

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Gina Bowser, center, created the Zakee Bowser Enrichment Foundation in memory of her son.

The first installment of about 400 backpacks filled with school supplies, destined for area schoolchildren, was distributed Aug. 20 at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens on Route 27.

The backpacks were collected and distributed by the Zakee Bowser Enrichment Foundation, an 18-year-old charity founded in memory of a New Brunswick teenager killed in 1997.

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