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We’ll tell you about the Back to School Clothing Drive, Arizona’s largest provider of uniforms, clothing, backpacks and school supplies to more than 25,000 Title I elementary-school students at over 260 Maricopa County schools. Karl Gentles, executive director of the drive, will tell us about the effort and about a week-long New Clothes, New Beginnings event being held at Grand Canyon University Arena for 5,000 K-6 students.

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