Parents scrambled to grab free school equipment from a charity — with 350 schoolbags handed out in just half an hour.Jack Durner, president of Sandys Rotary Club, said stocks ran out quickly on Saturday and there was parking chaos outside their headquarters at Henry VIII Restaurant.“We had 350 bags to give away and when I got there at 9am there were already people in line,” he said.“I heard from others that they were there at 8.30am, already starting to line up.”The handout officially began at 10am.“We were done at 10.28am,” said Mr Durner. “We expected to go until 1pm but people were there and anxious.”Mr Durner added: “There was a little bit of difficulty as there was a kerfuffle in the parking lot.”An hour after supplies ran out, vehicles — mostly SUVs with multiple children inside — continued to arrive at the Southampton venue, only for the occupants to leave empty-handed. The schoolbags contained a notebook, pencil case, pencils, a ruler, scissors, glue, a sharpener and erasers. The Rotary limited supplies to two bags per household and insisted the bags were handed to children only.Mr Durner said: “We are pleased we gave the bags away to people in need of them.“People were moving through very quickly and I didn’t get to hear any particular stories but some members had received phone calls from people in need economically. The recipients were grateful to receive anything such as a schoolbag for their children.”The bag handout was the first of its kind done by Sandys Rotary. Mr Durner said another may take place next year.The event follows reports last week that local charities have been inundated with requests from parents who say they are unable to provide their children with school supplies for the coming year.The organisations A Lott of Sista Love, Hands of Love and the Coalition for the Protection of Children blamed unemployment.