Kewanna Heard, a mother of seven, helps her children pick out shoes while at a back-to-school event in Indianapolis offering free school clothes and supplies.Elizabeth Gabriel/WFYI News Hundreds of families recently withstood the sweltering July heat to stand in line at a free school supplies event in Haughville, a neighborhood on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. It was nearly double the number of families compared to last year who showed up to the Christamore House community center. Parents said the surge in inflation makes it harder for them to afford back-to-school items.

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