This weekend, thousands of students will head to Raymond James Stadium where Thaddeus Bullard, aka WWE Legend Titus O’Neil, will give away not just backpacks stuffed with supplied for the upcoming school year, but also vital health services, vision checkups, free haircuts (and braiding), food, entertainment and more.

Before the 7th Annual Back to School Bash on Saturday, July 27, however, those bags had to be filled, and last Saturday, volunteers joined Bullard at Sligh Middle School for a build where they assembled 15,000 backpacks to be distributed.

“And there are another 15,000 that were already packed, so we hope to giveaway all 30,000” a rep for the Back To School Bash told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay,

There’s no registration required to attend or receive a backpack, but any families hoping to get medical or vision services are encourages to register via bullardfamilyfoundation.org.

Haircuts and braiding are first-come, first-served.

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Volunteers pack backpacks at Sligh Middle School in Tampa, Florida on July 20, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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