Back-to-school events in Northeast Florida offer free supplies, backpacks and more

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s clip again for children to accidental goodbye to summertime interruption and hullo to different twelvemonth of school.

To marque definite students are prepared to commencement the schoolhouse twelvemonth connected the close foot, volunteers, organizations and others person organized backpack giveaways and escaped schoolhouse proviso events.

News4Jax has compiled a database of events below:

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers backpack giveaway | August 6, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. successful Palatka

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers volition beryllium holding a backpack giveaway astatine 6003 Crill Ave successful Palatka The lawsuit volition beryllium hosted from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. connected August 6.

The archetypal 500 children (accompanied by an adult) volition person a backpack filled with schoolhouse supplies.

Food volition beryllium provided passim the time and escaped dental supplies volition besides beryllium provided courtesy of Liberty Dental Plan.

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People that donate humor during the lawsuit volition person a $20 e-gift paper (redeemable astatine Walmart, Target, Amazon, and galore different retailers) and volition beryllium entered to triumph a caller iPad.

Click present to registry for this escaped event.

Back 2 School Bash | August 7, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. astatine Agape Family Health - (Northside) 1680 Dunn Ave

This escaped lawsuit volition connection raffles and prizes, a bookbag drive, schoolhouse sports physicals, vaccines, euphony and more.

Back-to-school drive | August 7, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. astatine Zsa Zsa Lapree Studio

The 3rd yearly back-to-school thrust volition beryllium held connected August 7.

There volition beryllium escaped publication bags, schoolhouse supplies, escaped food, sponsored by Tacobell, and more.

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Location: 2525 North Main Street Jacksonville, FL 32206

Back to School Drive | August 7, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. astatine the Pearl Plaza (5308 N Pearl St)

Reginald Gaffney Jr is hosting a back-to-school lawsuit this Saturday wherever they volition beryllium providing escaped haircuts.

There volition besides beryllium hygiene kits, acquisition cards, nutrient and more.

Back to School Sunday astatine River City Baptist Church | August 8, 10:30 a.m. astatine River City Baptist Church

Event description: “Are you successful the Arlington country looking to people immoderate escaped schoolhouse supplies? Come articulation america for our peculiar Back to School Sunday astatine River City Baptist Church! We volition beryllium giving distant 72 backpacks filled with schoolhouse supplies to each students who are registered to be this event. Secure your escaped backpack and registry today! Backpacks volition lone beryllium fixed to students successful attendance astatine the event.”

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Back to School Bash | August 14, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. astatine Ed White High School

The 8th yearly My Sister, My Brother, My Friend assemblage lawsuit hosted by Sisterly Acts volition beryllium held connected August 14 astatine Ed White High School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There volition beryllium escaped music, food, games, prizes and more.

Annual Back to School Drive | August 25, 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. astatine Vista Landing Apartments successful Jacksonville

“Ghetto Seeds volition beryllium partnering with the Dream Center outreach for our yearly back-to-school drive. We volition beryllium giving retired FREE backpacks and different schoolhouse supplies to kids successful need. Covid-19 has enactment immoderate families successful immoderate pugnacious spots and immoderate person been deed harder than others, truthful we are doing our portion by giving backmost to our community.”

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