At the Old Town Mission, volunteers spent the morning of Tuesday, July 24 filling backpacks with pencils, paper, folders, binders, composition books, rulers, scissors and crayons. For the annual Operation: Back to School project, Old Town Mission Executive Director Kellie Wilson says that more than 1,200 backpacks will be given out from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday at the Verde Community Church. VVN/Bill Helm