FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 4, 2002, 7:00 p.m.

Barnes Place Experiences Party Burst

BARNES PLACE (ATLANTA, GEORGIA) - Barnes Place experienced a Party Burst ­ a rapid change in atmospheric conditions brought on by hardy partying last night during Bring It!, a Back-to-School Pep Rally and School Supply Drive. About 50 revelers donated 14,704 supply items, which will be passed on to the Kids In Need program of the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

The supplies collected consisted of:

• 10,488 sheets of paper
  • 2,850 sheets of filler paper
  • 71 spiral notebooks
  • 1,050 sheets of construction paper
  • 2 doodle pads
  • 2 steno note pads
  • 2 writing tablets
  • 1 composition book
• 18 pocket folders
• 591 pencils
• 236 coloring markers
• 2 dictionaries
• 1 thesaurus
• 2 sets of flash cards
• 84 sticks of chalk
• 8 calculators
• 1,976 crayons in 60 boxes
• 23 scissors
• 224 colored pencils
• 57 glue sticks
• 8 pencil boxes
• 18 rulers
• 82 eraser caps
• 12 wedge erasers
• 6 mini staplers
• 6 pencil sharpeners
• 40 ballpoint pens
• 183 ounces of glue in 45 bottles
• 28 paint brushes
• 2 water color kits
• 9 highlighters
• 8 markers
• 3 packages of tape
• 500 paper clips
• 7 mechanical pencils
• 3 3-ring binders
• 24 binder insert tabs
• 2 pencil pouches
• 1 lunch box
• 2 back packs
• 3 shoulder bags

Photos of the event and a weather analysis are posted on-line at Barnes Place.com, and can be viewed by directing your web browser to: http://www.barnesplace.com/events/bring_it/

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