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Back-To-School Countdown (Day 1): FANG Festival
This is the first posting in a 41-day effort that gives you news you can use as you count down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year. The first day of school in the Hillsborough County School District is August 23.
The Brandon Patch Back-To-School Countdown begins today with news you can use each day to get ready for the opening bell of the first day of classes.
Teachers in the Hillsborough County School District go back to school August 15 to prepare for the first day of school for students, August 23.
One month earlier, on July 23, the Ninth Annual FishHawk Area Networking Group Back to School Festival gets under way, with more than 100 businesses expected to showcase their wares and services for the Greater Brandon community.
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The event is from 9 a.m. to noon at the FishHawk Ranch Youth Sports Complex on FishHawk Boulevard in Lithia.
About one-tenth of the exhibitors will be restaurants offering taste samples.
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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and Hillsborough County Fire Rescue will be on hand as well, with music, door prizes and giveaways rounding out the day’s offerings.
Free entertainment, too, will be provided by such groups as Music Showcase of Brandon, the Theatre Arts & Dance Alliance (TADA) and Sidekicks Martial Arts.
The FANG website asks that attendees bring $10 worth of school supplies to donate to the YMCA for its backpack program, to benefit children in need of school supplies. Otherwise, admission to the event is a $10 donation per family.
This is the first posting in a 41-day effort that counts down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year for the Hillsborough County School District.
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