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.
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.
