NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- Robert Jones knows what it's like to need school supplies ahead of another academic year, but struggling to get those necessary items.
"There were times when I wanted a free pencil, there were times when I wanted a free meal and there were times I couldn't get either," the Norfolk State head basketball coach recalled. "I know I'm not the only person in the world that was like that. I know there are people still like that in the world. If I can give back that free pencil or that free meal, then I'm going to do that as much as I can."
And Jones has. This Sunday, he and the Spartan basketball team will host the seventh annual Back to School Bash. The event takes place at Echols Hall on campus from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. The green and gold will hand out free school supplies, fre