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Tallahatchie County Back to School Expo 2025

On Saturday, June 7th, 400 families and community members came together for another successful Tallahatchie County Back to School Expo! Across both sides of the county, families geared up with free items for the upcoming school year: school uniforms, backpacks, supplies and books, child ID cards, diapers, feminine and incontinence product packs, and much more.

THANK YOU to all our Back to School Expo community partners, volunteers, and donors who helped TELA purchase school uniforms and backpacks for Tallahatchie County students in grades PreK-12:

Bennie Paige Jr, CARE, Charlestonians Club, CHS Class of 1971, Emmett Till Interpretative Center, Eula Johnson, Excel by 5, Hawaiian Ice, James C. Kennedy Center/Staff, Lavern Harper, Meek Foundation, Roberta Braxton, Save the Children, Tallahatchie County Public Library, Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Department, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Reynolds, Tougaloo College/Delta HealthPartners, Inter Miami CF Foundation, LLC, Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose Neal, East Tallahatchie School District.




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