Our 2nd Annual Back-to-School Shop & Party event for the kids at J.T. Stevens Elementary is Saturday, August 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center. In addition to all of the other festivities that day, we also feed the children a delicious waffle meal courtesy of the good people at Waffle House.
At the Back-to-School Shop & Party, we are able to provide shirts, socks, jeans, school supplies, and backpacks to all the children of J.T. Stevens and to many of the children at the Poly Center. We're able to do this because of your generous assistance and giving hearts. It costs a minimum $40 per child for proper school supplies, and this puts quite a burden on many of the families. We genuinely appreciate your financial assistance in this.
The clothes you so willingly provided for the Shop & Party event last year are now well-worn (and in many cases outgrown). Now it's time to replenish, refresh, and fill their backpacks. We are humbly asking for your generous support.
Finally, one more New Mentor Training session is coming before the fall semester gets going. Please consider the far-reaching impact of what one hour per week with one child can do... both for the kid and for you. Neither of you will ever be the same again, and that's a good thing. The training session is Wednesday, August 7, 1:00-5:00 p.m. in Room 260.
If you would like to help or would like to be in the new mentor class, contact Shirley Watkins or Laurie Ryan.
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