Upcoming

■ Back-to-School Jamboree by Hosea Helps. Noon-5 p.m. July

28. Free. Georgia International Convention Center, 2000 Convention Center Concourse, College Park. Parents must bring identification for each child, and children must be present to receive free school supplies in backpacks. Children also may receive free health screenings, clothes, fresh produce, tennis shoes and electric toothbrushes. Hosea Helps at 404-755-3353. Register beginning Saturday at 4Hosea.org.

■ Financial Literacy for Veterans. 2:30 p.m. July 21. Free. Kirkwood Library, 11 Kirkwood Road SE, Atlanta. Join Derrick C. Shelton, author and veteran, for this interactive workshop on financial freedom after serving in the armed forces. Ages 18 and up. 404-377-6471, afpls.org

■ River Ridge High’s Air Force Junior ROTC program earned the highest rating attainable — Exceeds Standards — in its recent annual unit evaluation. Maj. Marlon Ayers and Chief Master Sgt. Marvin Palmer were praised for creating a dynamic and supportive learning environment with an excellent community outreach program. Under leadership of student Commander Cadet Col. Heather Acevedo-Ramirez and Deputy Commander Cadet Lt. Col. Kelsey Wessinger, the cadets did exceptionally well in the event.

■ Thirty-five Woodstock High students competed at Georgia’s Technology Student Association State Conference, at which 2,700 Georgia students vied in technology and engineering contests. Students who placed were invited to the National Conference; this year, Nationals were held in June in Atlanta. Also at the state conference, Woodstock High junior Greg Carroll was elected state vice president. Woodstock High students who moved on to Nationals: first place, biotechnology: L.T. Heber, Malachi Brewer, George Saunders, Walter Saunders and Drew Mathena; third place, animatronics: Anna Mitchell, Colton Clanton, Sam Skillman, Cory Darko and Matthew Tressler.