{"id":984849,"date":"2026-08-06T16:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/984849\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:11:21","slug":"dallas-mayors-back-to-school-fair-returns-to-fair-park-with-free-backpacks-and-school-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/984849\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mayor&#8217;s Back to School Fair returns to Fair Park with free backpacks and school supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Texas_Star_-_Texas_State_Fair.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Texas_Star_-_Texas_State_Fair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 30th annual Dallas Mayor\u2019s Back to School Fair will take place Friday, Aug. 7, at Fair Park.<\/p>\n<p>From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., eligible families can <a href=\"https:\/\/mayorsbacktoschoolfair.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">register<\/a> to receive free backpacks and grade-appropriate school supplies. Students can also receive free health, dental and vision screenings, as well as sign up for free haircuts before the new school year.<\/p>\n<p>The event will also feature games and activities, community organizations and family support resources.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, All Stars Project Senior Vice President Antoine Joyce-Roach, Junior League of Dallas President Lauren Combest, Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Elizalde and other community partners and sponsors will speak during the kickoff ceremony at 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2058-scaled-e1781720487598.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo avatar-default\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSyra Castillo is a recent graduate from Southern Methodist University and is the Lake Highlands Editor. She is a Dallas native and is passionate about local news. She studied English, journalism, and Italian while at SMU. She spends her time with family and tries to discover new places to eat across the city. You can email her at scastillo@advocatemag.com.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 30th annual Dallas Mayor\u2019s Back to School Fair will take place Friday, Aug. 7, at Fair Park.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":984850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[395129,5229,395130,1596,16213,374346,395131,18367,395132,395133,154957,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-984849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-all-stars-project","tag-america","tag-antoine-joyce-roach","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-isd","tag-dallas-mayors-back-to-school-fair","tag-dr-stephanie-elizalde","tag-fair-park","tag-junior-league-of-dallas","tag-lauren-combest","tag-mayor-eric-johnson","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117049444636136639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/984850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}