I would like to expand on the photo caption under the picture of the Luverne 92 Lions women packing school bags in the Aug. 19 Star Herald.Each fall the Luverne 92 Lions women get a referral list from Rock County Family Services, school personnel or other professional agencies in our area that know of a family who might need help with school supplies. The list we receive consists of a group of children who are numbered with their grade and gender. Only the referral agencies know the names of the children. We then secure a list from the school as to what supplies are needed for each grade and the committee then goes power shopping watching the sales from the various businesses taking advantage of all of the sales that we can find. We also take advantage of clearance sales out of season and pick up some things for a very reasonable price. We try to complete each child’s list for school supplies as fully as we can and try to get a backpack for each child to start the new school year. This year our list consisted of 55 children from preschool through the 12th grade not only in Luverne but all of Rock County. After we are done purchasing our supplies and assembling the backpacks they are brought back to the Agency that referred the students and distributed from there. The value of the backpacks are $50 to $60 — the average cost if a parent went shopping for school supplies, did not access any sales and bought brand-name products. What we spend is actually much less with the same results and the same amount of supplies. We are a small Lions club of 32 members and we try to do the most with what we have in making sure Rock County children have what they need to start school. Dianna TomlinsonPresident, Luverne 92 Lions