Back To School Fun and Freebies Around Central Texas

There are several Back to School fun activities and Give Aways happening all across Central Texas in the next few weeks. With the cost of living continuing to rise due to tariffs on everything from paper and pencils to backpacks and clothes, the Central Texas Community is gearing up to make sure their kids have everything they need for the upcoming school year. Here is a list of a few from Bryan to Bremond that can help stretch the budget and provide some end of summer fun for the family.

BCS Together and First Baptist Church in Bryan is holding their annual Back to School Bash on Saturday, July 26. BCS Together’s Back to School Bash is a special event for adoptive, foster, kinship, and CPS-referred families. By providing name-brand shoes, socks, underwear, backpacks, and water bottles, we aim to reduce the financial strain on families while building confidence and setting kids up for success in the classroom. If you know of a kid who might qualify, register them for this annual event HERE. To donate to this worthy cause, click HERE.

LifePoint Christian church, located at 1121 East Villa Maria, is known for their quarterly free rummage sales, but this year they’ve decided to add a Back to School giveaway as well. On Saturday, August 9 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm they will be handing out backpacks filled with goodies for kids of all ages. They have raised a decent amount of money and hope to donate lots of supplies to local kiddos. Doors will open no earlier than 8:00 am and they will continue to give out supplies until everything runs out.

Cleanly Touch Janitorial is holding their second annual Back to School fair at Tanglewood Park, located at 3901 Carter Creek Drive in Bryan. They have supplies as well as free food, lemonade stand and a raffle to win a $50.00 gift card! The festivities begin at 11:00 am and go till supplies run out.

On Sunday, August 10, the Gold Star Barber Academy is holding their Eighth Annual Back-to-School Rally from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Bryan High School Gym. They invite folks to come together as a community to send kids back to school with confidence. This FREE event will include, Free Haircuts, School Supplies, Music, Food & More.

Hearne ISD has partnered up with several local community groups to provide their annual Back to School Resource Fair. The annual event, held at the Hearne Elementary Cafeteria from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, will have school supplies, fun kids activities and lots of community representatives to help parents find help where they need it. There will also be a vaccination clinic to get students ready for the school year. To register your student for the vaccination clinic, call (979) 436-0587

Peculiar+Co. is hosting a FREE back to school haircut event August 14 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The folks at Peculiar+Co. Know it can be a struggle to get everything together this time of year, so they invite their neighbors to bring their children, aged pre-k through seniors in high school, to come by for a FREE haircut.

Monday, July 21, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, the Calvert School Board is holding a question and answer session for the parents and guardians of students. Join them at the Calvert ISD Cafetorium to meet the Board and ask away.

Bremond will hold their annual Back to School rally on July 26 at noon. The party will include games, snow cones food and tunes by DJ Jarvis. Students attending Bremond ISD must be present to receive free school supplies, while supplies last.