It takes a small army to get ready for Titus O’Neil’s annual back-to-school bash. A week after they stuffed thousands of backpacks, those volunteers were back at it again to hand them out to local school kids, who also took advantage of free health services, haircuts, braiding and more inside Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.

Hillsborough schools Superintendent Van Ayres outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on July 27, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...