Photo gallery: Focus on Utah’s refugee school children

This week’s “Focus on Utah,” a weekly photography feature, highlights the generous efforts of Ken Garff employees who partnered with Utah Refugee Connection and Granite School District last week to outfit school kids with backpacks and school supplies.

The event, held at Granite Park Junior High School in South Salt Lake, was turned into a fun back-to-school carnival for refugee families.

According to their press release, “Utah Refugee Connection hosts this carnival every year. The community rallies and provides all 2,000 of the backpacks and school supplies and Ken Garff provides the carnival festivities for the families to enjoy.”

Here are some of our favorite photos from Deseret News photojournalist Brice Tucker’s coverage of the event.