TYLER, Texas (KETK) - The 12th annual School is Cool event was held in Tyler on Thursday to start the school year off on a good note.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the WT Brookshire Conference Center to receive free backpacks full of school supplies.

Organizers said there were nearly 2,000 backpacks given out to students from Pre-K through Senior year in high school.

Backpacks donated by UT Tyler had supplies like paper, pencils and notebooks for students can be equipped for their first day of school.

More than 75 vendors split between the conference center and the Rose Garden were available to parents to get information. There were after school activities, community resources, free haircuts and vaccinations.

For the first time there was a photographer to take back to school and

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