Back-to-School Family Engagement & Resource Expo taking place in Winter Garden

The event will include free food, school supplies, sneakers, immunizations and the opportunity for families to connect with community resources.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 9:00 a.m. July 31, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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The West Orange Neighborhood Center for Families is hosting a Back-to-School Family Engagement & Resource Expo this weekend.

The event will include free food, school supplies, sneakers, immunizations and the opportunity for families to connect with community resources.

Community resources that will be available include tutoring, counseling, after-school programing, and family and neighborhood safety.

Those who wish to receive immunizations or sports electrocardiograms must bring paren/guardian identification, the child's birth certificate or identification and the child's vaccination record. The child also must be present.

The event is in partnership with Orange County Government, Orange County District 1 Commissioner Nicole Wilson and The Neighborhood Center for Families, which is overseen by the Orange County Citizens' Commission for Children, a division of the Orange County Community & Family Services Department.

The expo will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at 303 S.W. Crown Point Road, Winter Garden.

Pre-registration, which can be done here, is not required but is recommended.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.