HENDERSON (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Aces helped local students show their school spirit ahead of getting back into the classroom through their annual back-to-school drive at Aces Headquarters on Thursday.
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“It was exciting when you get new things," Aces Center Kiah Stokes said. "I think it makes the learning environment better, it made me want to learn, so hopefully it does the same for these kids.”
Stokes along with Aces guard Dana Evans helped pass out 300 backpacks and thousands of school supply items to kindergarten through twelfth grade Title I Clark County School District students.
“They support and ride out with us, so I think it’s only right for us to give back in ways like this," Evans said.
That support was felt by both some local families.
“With the way the economy is nowadays, and having three kids to shop for, getting a little help it means a lot," Henderson local Brenda Osa said. "I don’t really have the right words for it because it’s a lot of great that they’re extending to all of the families."
The Aces are back at home on Friday night to face the Seattle Storm at 7 p.m.
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