CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville Housing Authority’s annual Back to School Bash at Summit Heights drew close to 200 kids and adults Tuesday as they enjoyed an afternoon of family fun.

The event included more than 25 community resource organizations, including Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools. There was also food, music, books, games, prizes, educational activities and, most popular on a hot summer day, the foam machine.

Montgomery County Commissioner Rashidah Leverett joins staff of the Clarksville Housing Authority at the Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Children playing in the foam at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Children playing in the foam at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Members of Boy Scout Troop 21 of Clarksville at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The UT Extension Institute of Agriculture University of Tennessee 4-H and Montgomery County Master Gardeners at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Jacobi Blumlein, Takia Matthews & Tamara Matthews at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The UT Extension Institute of Agriculture University of Tennessee 4-H and Montgomery County Master Gardeners at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Clarksville Police Officers Makayla Hawk & Marshun Cox at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Treytin Maynard at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Katie Collier & Cheryl Premus at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Kids playing at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Volunteers and Guests at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The UT Extension Institute of Agriculture University of Tennessee 4-H and Montgomery County Master Gardeners at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Jeanie Anderson & Angie Nelson at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Tennessee senator Bill Powers joins teachers and students from Moore Magnet School at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Curtis Scott at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Children playing in the foam at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Children playing in the foam at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Children playing in the foam at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Visitors and vendors at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Volunteers and visitors at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Vendors and guests at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Volunteers and guests at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Children playing in the foam at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Linda and Jace Williams at the Clarksville Housing Authority Back to School Bash at Summit Heights on Jul. 25, 2023. (Lee Erwin)

Dawn Sanders-Garrett, interim director and consultant for the Clarksville Housing Authority, said each of the young people at the event would be receiving a backpack.

“Our Back to School Bash is an opportunity for our community partners to come out with our residents and engage in food and fun as well as community resources, helping them to understand our resources are in the community to help them as well as get ready for back to school,” Sanders-Garrett said.

The Housing Authority originally scheduled two Back to School events, one at Lincoln Homes and another at Summit Heights last week. Rainstorms washed out both activities, with a rescheduled Lincoln Homes event shutting down early on Monday afternoon because of rain.