Homeschooled 3rd-grader Avery Booms hands out spiral notebooks to chool-bound children and their parents as they collect back-to-school items in the 4th Annual Back 2 School Bash & Expo hosted by Cedar Rapids Parks & Recreation and Macaroni Kid at McGrath Amphitheater on Saturday, August 6, 2016. Five hundred tickets were available for participants to receive a variety of school supplies from participating businesses. (Justin Torner/Freelance for the Gazette)