{"id":16492,"date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=16492"},"modified":"2024-08-15T12:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:56:48","slug":"ready-set-grow-back-to-school-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=16492","title":{"rendered":"Ready, Set, Grow! Back to School Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5414.jpg 960w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5414-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5414-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Iris Garcia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Special\u00a0to\u00a0LFN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With summer break coming&nbsp;to&nbsp;an end and teachers returning&nbsp;to&nbsp;work, it is time&nbsp;to&nbsp;get students&nbsp;ready&nbsp;for the new&nbsp;school&nbsp;year. And like every year, the Los Fresnos CISD\u2019s Family Engagement department organized an incredible&nbsp;Back&nbsp;to&nbsp;School&nbsp;event&nbsp;to&nbsp;help parents do&nbsp;just&nbsp;that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReady,&nbsp;Set,&nbsp;Grow!\u201d was this year\u2019s theme for the&nbsp;Back&nbsp;to&nbsp;School&nbsp;Community and Safety&nbsp;Fair, which was held on Thursday, August 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;at the Los Fresnos High&nbsp;School. The Los Fresnos CISD along with community agencies and stakeholders came&nbsp;together&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide important and necessary resources, services, and supplies, like health screenings,&nbsp;backpacks,&nbsp;school&nbsp;supplies, and haircuts&nbsp;to&nbsp;the Los Fresnos community students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families lined up outside the high&nbsp;school, braving the heat and mosquitoes,&nbsp;to&nbsp;take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Community partners,&nbsp;school&nbsp;departments, and local businesses were&nbsp;set&nbsp;up inside the cafeteria and gymnasium&nbsp;ready&nbsp;to&nbsp;distribute their contributions and assist families in getting their students&nbsp;school&nbsp;ready. It was an amazing united effort and turnout! Listed below are some of the organizations that participated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;City of Los Fresnos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;Los Fresnos Police Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;Ethel Whipple Memorial Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;Su Clinica Familiar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;BCFS Health &amp; Human Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;PapiCutz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;Roxi\u2019s Hair Makeup Plus More<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;Unkle Rick\u2019s \u201cEl Catr\u00edn Barber\u00eda y m\u00e1s\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;Rotary Club of Los Fresnos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Communities In&nbsp;Schools of Cameron County<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Walmart Supercenter Los Fresnos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Stars Drive-In<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; McDonald\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Law Offices of Javier Villarreal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The Table of Los Fresnos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Cameron County Public Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The Gathering at OCC&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Fresnos CISD shared, \u201cThe&nbsp;school&nbsp;community came&nbsp;together&nbsp;to&nbsp;celebrate and prepare for the new&nbsp;school&nbsp;year. We were thrilled that community sponsors provided free haircuts,&nbsp;backpacks, and&nbsp;school&nbsp;supplies&nbsp;to&nbsp;our students, ensuring they\u2019re&nbsp;ready&nbsp;for a successful year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heartfelt thank you&nbsp;to&nbsp;the Los Fresnos CISD Family Engagement for organizing this wonderful event, and&nbsp;to&nbsp;all the community organizations and agencies that partnered with us. Your support was invaluable and made this event truly special for our families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish all students and educators a great and safe 2024-2025 Academic&nbsp;school&nbsp;year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5415-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"16497\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5415-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5415-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5415-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5415-1-768x576.jpg 768w, 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