max.bowen@northstarreporter.com<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nExcitedly carrying red tote bags filled to the brim with folders, notebooks, pens, and pencils, children and their families filled the downtown area for the annual Back To School Shuffle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOrganized by the Downtown Association of North Attleborough and held on Aug. 17, the event gave families the chance to stock up on school supplies for just $4 a ticket. Families checked in at the Bristol Masons Lodge, where inside North Attleborough businesses and organizations had set up their tables. Dawn DaCosta, one of many at tables inside the lodge, said the Shuffle helps bring the community together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt gives them (businesses and organizations) the chance to give back,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFrom there, families used a list of locations to get more classroom accessories at downtown spots such as Mad Moose, Okinawan Uechi-Ryu Karate Do, The Meat Bar, and Jay\u2019s Indian Kitchen. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOutside Grace Church, another collection of tables could be found, representing the town\u2019s Recreation Department, Girl Scouts troops, and the North Attleborough Fire and Police. Axel, who was adopted by NAPD Officer Julie Lowe, has become a mascot for the community and drew quite the crowd. One child could be heard shouting \u201cIt\u2019s Axel, he\u2019s here,\u201d as she ran toward the friendly dog.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBrenton Turner, who will be starting kindergarten at Hyman Fine Elementary School this fall, said math is his favorite subject. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m good at it,\u201d he said proudly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nViolet Zalewski agreed that math is the best, adding that she practices at home. She\u2019ll also be starting kindergarten, and said the glue kits were her favorite of the supplies handed out that day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI have a desk at home for math,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOutside Grace Church there were tables set up for the Parks and Recreation Department, police and fire, and more. Staff Photo\/Max Bowen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAngela Amiro-Shirley has been going to the Shuffle since her child\u2014now in third grade\u2014was in kindergarten. She said the event has tremendous value, not just in terms of the supplies, but in getting to see so many friends at once.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDANA President Maureen Merigold said that half of the 200 Shuffle tickets were sold out within 30 minutes, and the rest were sold a short time later. She said the event is a fun one for the whole family and that the excitement experienced has been wonderful. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt just reacquaints people,\u201d she said. \u201cIt reacquaints people with the downtown.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Max Bowen-max.bowen@northstarreporter.com Excitedly carrying red tote bags filled to the brim with folders, notebooks, pens, and pencils, children and their families filled the downtown area for the annual Back To School Shuffle. Organized by the Downtown Association of North Attleborough and held on Aug. 17, the event gave families the chance to stock up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[114,87,49,83,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-6117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-back-to-school","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-north-attleboro","11":"tag-north-attleborough","12":"tag-school"},"yoast_head":"\n
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