06/27/2026
📚🎒 READY, SET, LEARN! BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY 🎒📚
We are incredibly excited for our Second Annual Ready, Set, Learn Back-to-School Supplies Giveaway and grateful for the amazing community partners, authors, educators, and volunteers who are helping make this event possible!
A special thank you to our partners:
🫶🏽Wealth Empowerment Initiative (Patrina Dixon, CFEI®️, RFC®️)
🫶🏽Jacksonville Black Chamber of Commerce
🫶🏽Blessing Others All The Time, Inc BOATT
⭐ Supporting Children’s Literacy
We are also honored to welcome our special guests:
📖 PeTika Tave, Author and 2026 Teacher of the Year Finalist, Founder of BayaBooks and More
📖 Dr. Faith Roberts-Graham and Brianna Ellis, featured authors
🌍 Anastatia Ketchen, sharing the rich history of the Gullah Geechee culture
🤟 Karen Lewis-Hannah, CPF, DA Lewis-Hannah, The Traveling Sign Language Lady
A heartfelt thank you to the Jacksonville Icemen for generously donating 100 book bags to support our students!
This event is about more than school supplies, it’s about empowering our youth, promoting literacy, celebrating culture, and ensuring our students begin the school year with confidence and the tools they need to succeed.
📅 July 24, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 EWD Center – Main Library
303 N. Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL
We need your help! Please share this post within your networks, community groups, schools, churches, and organizations so we can reach as many Duval County students and families as possible.
Together, we can make a meaningful impact and help our students start the school year strong. 💙📚✏️
