Back to School Fair returns to Boys & Girls Club

August 27, 2025 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette photo by Jacques Star Karen Kremkau with the Sequim Sunrise Rotary helps Jodie Colosacco try out a new backpack at the Seqium Back to School Fair held Saturday, Aug. 23 in the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. Hundreds of families turned out for the event, which was organized by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, the Sequim School District, Sequim Sunrise Rotary, Sequim Elementary PTA, the Sequim Association of Realtors and United Way of Clallam County. Families received free school supplies and free services including vision tests and immunizations. Today marks the first day of the 2025-26 school year.
Sequim Gazette photo by Jacques Star Karen Kremkau with the Sequim Sunrise Rotary helps Jodie Colosacco try out a new backpack at the Seqium Back to School Fair held Saturday, Aug. 23 in the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. Hundreds of families turned out for the event, which was organized by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, the Sequim School District, Sequim Sunrise Rotary, Sequim Elementary PTA, the Sequim Association of Realtors and United Way of Clallam County. Families received free school supplies and free services including vision tests and immunizations. Today marks the first day of the 2025-26 school year.

Sequim Gazette photos by Jacques Star

Deneb Maine (left) with Dungeness River Nature Center, teaches a curious young mind about animal skulls at the Sequim Back to School Fair.

Deneb Maine (left) with Dungeness River Nature Center, teaches a curious young mind about animal skulls at the Sequim Back to School Fair.

Carol Koenig (left) with Sequim Community Youth Orchestra shows Lucas Wright what it’s like to play a note on a violin as Caleb Wright (right) looks on.

Carol Koenig (left) with Sequim Community Youth Orchestra shows Lucas Wright what it’s like to play a note on a violin as Caleb Wright (right) looks on.

Sequim High School Cheerleader Riley Campbell (left) helps Addy Galloway (left) pick out a face paint character.

Sequim High School Cheerleader Riley Campbell (left) helps Addy Galloway (left) pick out a face paint character.