TAMPA, Fla., (WFLA) — Dozens of volunteers for The Bullard Basis spent their Saturday morning constructing 15,000 backpacks for college students in want.
With summer time flying by, households are preparing for an additional first day of college. To assist relieve a number of the stress, the Bullard Household Basis is internet hosting its eighth annual Again-to-College Bash.
“It is a possibility for us to proceed to spend money on our neighborhood, spend money on our children, spend money on these academics. I get so annoyed each time that I see these academics have to purchase college provides out of their very own cash, on prime of not getting paid what they need to be getting paid,” stated Thaddeus Bullard, Bullard Household Basis.
Volunteers put in a number of hours on Saturday to make the hundreds of backpacks for the kids.
“Actuality is, the primary day of college, we’re all sitting in seats, however the place we got here from will not be at all times going to be the identical factor. So, this ranges the enjoying subject and it is an ideal alternative for us to indicate we will all come collectively as a neighborhood, assist our college students as an entire. There are 225,000 college students in Hillsborough County, so it is a nice alternative to offer 15,000 of them with backpacks and provides for that first day,” stated Chris Farkas, Hillsborough County Public Faculties.
One after the other, every backpack was full of notebooks and different college provides for college students.
“Each child deserves the prospect to start out the college yr off on the proper foot and we wish to give them their finest likelihood at being profitable within the college yr and that begins with having the proper college provides,” stated Sam Garateix, a volunteer.
“You by no means know what considered one of these backpacks goes to do for a selected individual,” Bullard stated.
The Again-to-College Bash isn’t just a possibility for teenagers to get the provides they want, however an opportunity for the complete household to check out their well being.
“If we might help serve the households by doing blood stress checks, mammograms, and many others. whereas the children are getting served, whether or not they’re getting a haircut, whether or not they’re getting their tooth cleaned or no matter it could be. We will actually equip these children to return to high school extra assured,” Bullard stated.
The college provide giveaway and Again-to-College Bash can be on Saturday, July 26. For extra particulars, click on here.
