Garland ISD has partnered with the Garland Chapter of the NAACP to host the 2016 Health Fair and Back-to-School Rally. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Curtis Culwell Center.
Carol Blakes of the NAACP shared, “This is the Garland NAACP Unit’s 14th year hosting this event and we are excited about the growth and expansion. We started out at the Gale Fields Recreation Center, moved to Mt. Hebron Baptist Church for the last three years and this year, thanks to GISD, we are at the Curtis Culwell Center. This event is free and it is open to all residents of Garland and surrounding communities.
We have planned a fun-filled day that includes health and wellness vendors, free health screenings, immunizations for the children, information sessions, free school supplies, free clothes, food, indoor and outside entertainment and lots of games and activities. “
Students, accompanied by a parent or guardian, will have an opportunity to receive free school supplies, clothes and uniforms, as well as low-cost immunizations, and more. Garland ISD students must register by Aug. 1 to receive the free supplies.
Blakes added, “Our goal is to equip students with their basic needs to start the school year. The Garland NAACP Unit is able to do this with the help of sponsors; including local churches, organizations, GISD and other donors from the community.”
Details and the registration form can be found here: http://www.garlandisd.net/sites/default/files/english_flier_edit_4.pdf.
Don’t bother folks- every year GISD advertises this rally and every year they stop accepting pre-registration just WEEKS into the THREE MONTH pre-registration season. I have yet to meet a family that was successful in receiving the assistance they advertise, though I have met SCORES that have tried only to be met with the same “no longer accepting forms” in the first two weeks of June. Why, then, does GISD continue to advertise this for months with phone calls, flyers and email? Stop promoting a “successful” program when you are a LONG way from success if you can’t meet anything close to students’ needs! All you’re doing is providing false hope for most struggling families.