More than 3,400 total attended for the festivities that included free haircuts, face painting, and ice cream s at Kissimmee, and complimentary face painting d at Miami. Additionally, multiple locations provided back-to-school and sports physicals.
August 9, 2024 Orlando, FL — Back-to-school season is underway and NUC University/Florida Technical College celebrated on July 20th and 27th with free backpacks and school supplies offered across NUC-FTC’s Florida locations. More than 3,400 total attended for the festivities that included free haircuts, face painting, and ice cream s at Kissimmee, and complimentary face painting d at Miami. Additionally, multiple locations provided back-to-school and sports physicals.
Besides backpacks and other essential school supplies, the event provided two laptops per campus location through Archangel Education and Technology, as part of a raffle donation for each community. Other giveaways included the following:
- 1 Samsung Tablet from the Early Learning Coalition
- 4 Tickets to Disney on Ice by the Osceola Star Newspaper
- Kids Toy Set by My Realty
Event turnout was a success throughout our Florida locations, with hundreds in attendance at each campus:
- Orlando: about 750
- DeLand: about 600
- Kissimmee: 800+
- Lakeland: 600+
- Miami: 400+
- Tampa: about 300
Community partnerships at each location featured Rays’ cheerleaders and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Tampa Bay at the Tampa campus; Dolphins’ cheerleaders at Pembroke Pines.
Beyond giving back during Back to School, NUC-FTC has served the Florida community for more than 40 years through career-focused education, and has grown to add locations throughout the state, including Deland, Kissimmee, Orlando, Lakeland, South Miami, Pembroke Pines, Tampa, South Miami, and DAVE School.
To find out more about career-focused programs at NUC-FTC, visit here.
