Raymond James Event "Back To School Back" Helps 30 Thousand Kids

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There was a huge back to school event that recently took place at Raymond James Stadium. It was the fifth annual "Back to School Back."

It was a time for families to get together, celebrate the upcoming school year, and pick up back packs with school supplies inside.

Our friends at Fox 13 covered the story and chatted with Thaddeus Bullard aka Titus O'Neil who was part of the event.

"Thirty thousand backpacks, we’re giving away with school supplies. We’ve got food. We’ve got fun. We’ve got bounce houses. There’s something out here for everybody. Once the backpacks run out, they run out. Last year for a lot of teachers, it was the most challenging year ever for them, so we want to try to help equip those students and staff, and parents with the most that we possibly can on this day."

Titus O'Neil is a WWE star. He founded the Bullard Family Foundation.

Also, AdventHealth was a part of the event. They were there to perform pre-school physicals. Before kids can participate I sports, they need to know they are in good physical condition. Even if your child isn't going to play sports, a physical gives you piece of mind as a parent.

Noelle McClellan is a nurse at AdventHealth and she said, "There’s so much anxiety and so many checkboxes they need to complete before they go into the new school year, so anything that can ease everybody’s stress about getting all of those tasks completed and they can enjoy their weekends, that’s what we’re here to do today."

This event promptly began at 9:01.

O'Neil went on to elaborate on that time, "The one represents unity. I don’t care what background you come from. I don’t care what political affiliation you’re associated with. I just care about you being a great human being, and that means unity, everybody coming together for one cause, one moment, and that’s to do the work."

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