TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – For the seventh year, former Florida State football player James Coleman is set for a weekend full of festivities as he\u2019s coming home for his Community Giveback Weekend. <\/p>\n
On Saturday, he hosts a backpack giveaway and food distribution at Bond Elementary School. The backpacks will be stuffed with school supplies as the fall semester is just around the corner.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, kids ages 6-16 get to take part in a football camp at FAMU DRS.<\/p>\n
Coleman told us this week that giving back to the community that helped raise him the right way is his way of saying thanks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story could have went another way and it didn\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful for the people in Tallahassee that did that, and I\u2019m grateful to be able to help some of these young men and women in the city because Tallahassee is such an incredible city. I want kids to know that when you come from here, you\u2019re going to be the next big thing from the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
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