back2school dates to know

Hello Community Family and Friends

It is that time of the year again as we get ready to bless and serve a bunch of students and their families across our area in Henry County. Please take a look at these dates, put them on your calendar and get ready to serve!

July 9th (Saturday at The Community Fellowship in Collinsville). Registration will take place from 9am until noon. Many volunteers are needed. ALSO, help get the word out for families to register their kids!

July 13th (Wednesday at Hooker Field in Martinsville). It is back2school night at the Mustangs game. Wear your back2school shirt and help is needed to gather school supplies AND register students.

July 15th thru 17 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Wal-Mart in Martinsville). Your help is needed to ask shoppers to donate school supplies and to sort the supplies on the bus in the parking lot at Wal-Mart.

July 19th (Tuesday at The Community Fellowship). It is registration at church from 6 to 8pm. Volunteers are needed as well as help get the word out for families to register their kids for this event.

July 23rd (Saturday morning at the new campus). Help sort backpacks and school supplies as we prepare them for students.

August 2nd (Tuesday at the new campus). Beginning at 6pm we will be packing backpacks for each location of the back2school outreach. The more help, the faster these thousands of backpacks are prepared.

August 3rd (Wednesday evening at The Community Fellowship in Collinsville). Volunteers are needed to help set up the church for the events on Friday and Saturday.

August 5th (Friday at The Community Fellowship). This is special needs day for back2school as we serve families who have students that need a little extra time or attention.

August 6th (Saturday at The Community Fellowship). It is the BIG DAY where we will serve hundreds of Students at our church, and other back2school locations will be serving as well. A couple hundred volunteers are needed to make this happen and to bless each student with new shoes and socks, backpacks and school supplies, haircuts, clothing and a meal.

This event takes all of us to get it done. Join in. If you haven't gotten your new back2school t-shirt, get it at church this weekend for $6. Let us know if you have any questions, AND THANK YOU ahead of time for helping make the 2022 back2school outreach event the best ever!!!

Your lead team, Michael Harrison, Adrienne Hubbard and Katie Whitlow

emailback2school@gmail.com

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