An estimated 4,000-5,000 kindergarten through sixth-grade students received everything from backpacks to school uniforms, shoes, a dental kit and books at the Back-to-School Clothing Drive's three-day New Clothes = New Beginnings distribution event at GCU Arena.
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Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings distribution event at GCU Arena. The three-day event will outfit over 5,000 students from Valley schools with clothing, shoes and items for back to school. July 17, 2023. -
Volunteers help size students for sweatshirts during the Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Volunteers help students pick out shorts during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
GCU Executive Vice President of Business Analytics Dilek Marsh helps students pick shorts during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Volunteer Sarah Parrish helps a kindergarten student pick out a bracelet during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s Bonnie Smith helps sibling students shop for items during the New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Arizona State Rep. and GCU alum Quanta Crews helps size a belt for a student during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A wall of shoe boxes surrounds students and volunteers as they try on new shoes during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
GCU doctoral learner Kimberly Hill helps students pick out shoes during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
An elementary school student and her volunteer shoppers dance as they make their way to each clothing station during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Volunteer Melissa Harris helps a Barcelona Middle School student pick out an outfit during Back To School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Dentistry students from the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, along with Midwestern Dental School and Rio Salado Dental Clinic, gave dental screenings during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings distribution event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A student gets a dental screening during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A student picks out a decorative book marker during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A variety of books available to students during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A young student flips his new hat backward as he waits during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Students wait their turn to enter the Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Arizona State Rep. Leezah Sun (center) walks with volunteer Ryan Zerbib and his student shoppers during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A volunteer shopper and her students make their way to the next clothing station during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Volunteer Deborah McBee helps a young student pick out a shirt during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
GCU Executive Vice President of Business Analytics Dilek Marsh jokingly tugs on a student's bag during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A elementary school student patiently waits her turn to enter the Stitches of Love station during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A volunteer helps pick out a dress for a student during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Students get to play meteorologist as they see how the green screen works at the 3 TV and Channel 5 Arizona’s Family Learning Zone during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
A student shows off his items to Back-to-School Clothing Drive Board Member Bonnie Smith during the New Clothes = New Beginnings distribution event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023. -
Outfitted with everything from clothing and shoes to hats and backpacks, students wait to return to their buses during Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes = New Beginnings event at GCU Arena on July 17, 2023.
