The August 17 “Back To School Rally” held in Grand Rapids, MI has Pastor Marvin Sapp using words like “amazing” and epic” to describe it. On behalf of his charter school, Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts & Technology, the award-winning gospel singer sponsored an event that drew 6,000 kids and gave away 2,000 free backpacks filled with school supplies.
With the help of top-selling R&B boy group, “Mindless Behavior”—made up of tween heartthrobs Prodigy, Princeton, Ray Ray and Roc Royal—who performed and distributed book bags, families came out to the campus of Sapp’s Kingdom Square in droves.
“I wanted to do something different for our community and set a fire under our young people,” he said in an interview with M Live News.
In his thinking, inviting a wildly popular mainstream boy band was the best way to grab the attention of neighborhood residents.
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Marvin Sapp’s ‘Epic’ Back To School Rally Draws 6,000 + Gives Away 2,000 Backpacks was originally published on praisecleveland.com
