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School, community fair draws crowd
Information, school supplies handed out
big crowd at Newman Fitness Center
Between 1,500 and 2,000 people are estimated to have attended the back-to-school and CAIR fairs on post Thursday. - photo by Photo by Randy C. Murray
More than 2,000 soldiers and family members filled Fort Stewart’s Newman Fitness Center Thursday for the first-ever, combined Back-to-School and Community Activities Information Registration Fair.Susan Chipple, Outdoor Recreation supervisor with Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, said the installation normally holds a back-to-school fair in July. These fairs usually draw 1,500 to 2,000 people each year, she said.“This year, we’ve taken it a step further,” Chipple explained. “We’ve expanded it from a back-to-school fair by adding the Community Activities Information Registration or what we call the CAIR Fair.
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