The Gordon State College Staff Council recently contributed to the Lamar County Schools Helping Hands Backpack Program. Julie Hawkins, LCSW Lamar Co School System Social Worker, second from left, accepts a check from GSC Staff Council Chair Erica Madoni as, from left, staff council members Gratasha Banks, secretary; Sharon Lloyd, vice chair; and Creche Navarro, treasurer, look on. The Backpack Program provides Lamar County students who are dependent on school meals during the week, food items for the weekend and other times school is not in session. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," Hawkins told the Staff Council.