{"id":399554,"date":"2026-08-06T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/399554\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:54:12","slug":"dallas-mayors-back-to-school-fair-returns-to-fair-park-with-free-backpacks-and-school-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/399554\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mayor\u2019s Back to School Fair returns to Fair Park with free backpacks and school supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oakcliff.advocatemag.com\/2026\/08\/dallas-mayors-back-to-school-fair-returns-to-fair-park-with-free-backpacks-and-school-supplies\/texas_star_-_texas_state_fair-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91768 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mayorsbacktoschoolfair.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">register<\/a>\u00a0to 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.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8ddafd819415d55fa9c7d86e7ec264373e8df34784422adeec47a828c58c2d8f.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\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":2,"featured_media":399555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[140233,140234,102,104,11521,119952,130931,103,140235,5253,140236,140237,5305],"class_list":["post-399554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-all-stars-project","tag-antoine-joyce-roach","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-isd","tag-dallas-mayor-eric-johnson","tag-dallas-mayors-back-to-school-fair","tag-dallas-news","tag-dr-stephanie-elizalde","tag-fair-park","tag-junior-league-of-dallas","tag-lauren-combest","tag-mayor-eric-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}