Tulsa Community – Let’s Give It Up for the Village!

 

📣 Tulsa Community – Let’s Give It Up for the Village!

We’re sending a massive SHOUT OUT to every organization, church, business, and leader stepping up to host Back-to-School Bashes across Tulsa and surrounding areas. These events are blessing our kids with supplies, haircuts, food, fun, and encouragement for the new school year.

💥Special thanks to Milton Dean III, an avid community advocate, for compiling and sharing these events to help families plug in and show up!

Events:

📅 Saturday, August 2, 2025

🕘 9 AM – 12 PM

📍 Back to School Community Resource Fair

SageNet Center - Expo Square, 4145 E 21st St, Tulsa

🎒 Backpacks, haircuts, sports physicals, immunizations, vision screenings, activities

🕙 10 AM – 1 PM

📍 Chase Bank: Backpacks & Financial Basics

6140 S Lewis Ave, Tulsa

💸 Financial workshops, free backpacks, kids’ financial games

🔗 RSVP: events.chase.com/300067357

🕛 12 PM – 4 PM

📍 Black Excellence Ball Community Giveback

Keith Reed Foundation, 210 E Latimer Pl, Tulsa

💈 Haircuts & braids, food, backpacks, gift card program, fire safety demos

📅 Monday, August 5, 2025

🕔 5 PM – 7 PM

📍 OSU-Tulsa Back to School Bash

Parking Lot C, OSU-Tulsa

📚 Backpacks, supplies, health screenings, performances, safety team meet & greet

📅 Friday, August 9, 2025

🕙 10 AM – 1 PM

📍 Tulsa Dream Center West Campus: Back 2 School Splash

4122 W 55th Pl, Tulsa

💦 Splash pad, foam pit, slip & slide, school resources, backpacks

🕚 11 AM – 2 PM

📍 Kingdom Church Back to School Bash

1157 S Aspen Ave, Broken Arrow

🎉 Entertainment, school supplies, games, free backpacks

🕐 1 PM – 4 PM

📍 Black Economic Expo: Back to School Giveaway

5029 N Peoria Ave, Tulsa

🎒 Pre-K–Middle School supplies, food, music, Jupiter Jumps

📅 Saturday, August 10, 2025

🕞 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

📍 JimsRUs Back to School Bash

O’Brien Park Pavilion #1, 6149 N Lewis Ave

🎒 Backpack giveaway, food, music, bounce houses

📅 Wednesday, August 14, 2025

🕞 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

📍 21st Annual NTEDi Back 2 School Celebration

Tulsa Tech – 3850 N Peoria Ave

🎨 Supplies & community enrichment for the first 200 students

📅 Friday, August 16, 2025

🕘 9 AM – 5 PM

📍 Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Back to School Event

122 N Greenwood Ave

✂️ Haircuts, braids, food trucks, vendors, bounce houses, music

🕙 10 AM – 3 PM

📍 TPS Indian Education Back to School Bash

Memorial High School Gym, 5840 S Hudson Ave

🎒 Backpacks, school supplies, snow cones, tribal resources

📌 Bring Student Tribal Documentation

🕛 12 PM – 2 PM

📍 Crosstown Church of Christ Bash

3400 E Admiral Pl, Tulsa

✂️ Haircuts, girl hairstyles, food, backpacks

🙏 Back to School Blessing + Lunch on Sunday, Aug 17 at 10:45 AM

🕚 11 AM – 3 PM

📍 Sickle Cell Hope Back 2 School Bash

Langston University Tulsa, 914 N Greenwood Ave

🧠 Free classes (IEP/504, youth resources, disability law), vendors, fun!

📅 Sunday, August 17, 2025

🕐 1 PM – 4 PM

📍 Tulsa Tech Barber Bash – Free Haircuts

3850 N Peoria Ave, Tulsa

💈 Haircuts for school-age children, walk-ins only

🎉 COMMUNITY – LET’S SHOW UP & SHOW LOVE!

Let’s surround our students with joy, confidence, and support. Show up at one (or many!) of these events to get your children ready, meet community partners, and enjoy time together.

📢 Again, thank you to all volunteers, barbers, stylists, churches, businesses, and nonprofits making this happen—and to Milton Dean III for being a connector and champion for our youth!