6th Annual ‘Phoenix Tools 4 School’ Event for K-8 Students

(Newswire.net — July 19, 2018) Phoenix, AZ — South Mountain Community College in Phoenix will be the site of the 6th Annual ‘Phoenix Tools 4 School’ event hosted by Phoenix based non-profit The Checkered Flag Run Foundation. The event will be held on Saturday, July 28, from 7 a.m. through 11 a.m.

“Phoenix Tools 4 School is open to the public and free to all students in kindergarten through 8th grade,” says Alan “AP” Powell, the founder of the Checkered Flag Run Foundation.

The Checkered Flag Run Foundation is poised to provide roughly 15,000 filled backpacks to Phoenix area student on July 28. All of the backpacks will contain a 15 pack of pencils, 24 pack of crayons, plastic ruler, glue stick, pink erasers, both pointed and blunt scissors, and a 70 sheet wide rule notebook.

The event is being held at the South Mountain Community College for the first time this year. “Being a part of the ‘Phoenix Tools 4 School’ event has been an amazing opportunity to gain insight on the needs of our community, especially the students. It is troubling to know students go to school each year without any supplies,” says 2018-2019 Chair of Student Governance Board at South Mountain Community College, Adrian M. Trujillo. “Helping to provide these basic utilities for their school year is heartwarming because we know that child’s situation will be a little better.”

This year the Phoenix Tools 4 School event has many new civic partners and sponsors such as First Intuitional Baptist Church, Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, City of Phoenix Parks and Rec, Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, Hundred Black Men of Phoenix, Maricopa County’s NAACP Branch, Arizona Informant Greater Phoenix Urban League, Flourish Now. and Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce.

The event also has numerous civil service partners including Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix Fire Department, Maricopa Community Colleges Public Safety. and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department. 

The Checkered Flag Run Foundstion welcomes several new sponsors to the 2018 event which include Target, Maserati. and Ferrari. The VIP dignitary breakfast will be hosted by Zookz Sandwiches. Additionally, there will be on-site media from partners 101.1 The Beat and Mega 104.3.

In the first five years of the Checkered Flag Run Foundation’s annual event, Phoenix Tools 4 School has assisted over 30,000 students and their families by supplying them with a free meal and the school supplies needed to help these  students get to cross their “finish line”. The event has a carnival-type atmosphere with games, attractions, and prizes provided by the Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center and The Salvation Army.

In addition to school supplies, this year’s event will also offer college preparatory workshops from Maricopa Community College and Arizona State University to assist students on the path to higher education. These presentations are designed for students in 7th and 8th grades, will be held at 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 28. Workshop participants will also receive South Mountain Community College and ASU swag and raffle changces

To get more information on the 6th Annual ‘Phoenix Tools 4 School’ event on July 28, 2018, visit www.CFRF.org.