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What We Do

Community Outreach
Empowering Others

Community Outreach

It is no secret that teachers provide at least 50% of their classroom needs and materials out-of-pocket.  This says so much about today's teachers that they are willing to give up part of their salary in order to teach their students.  This is a reality, not an option.  Equity Focus schools (Title One Schools) are even more affected.  While they may receive government funding toward the classrooms, it potentially amount to less than 60% of their needs.  And the children attending these schools have even more of a struggle.  They may come from homes that have multiple family members living with them just to afford a roof over their heads.  In this situation, they could go without food, proper clothing, school supplies and even lose their self-esteem.  This is where we are stepping in to help.  Here are some areas where we hope to make a change.

School Supplies for Children

No child wants to feel or look different from others.  The first day of school can be their worst nightmare and sometimes is.  Their family may not be able to afford the required school supplies and let's face it, those supply lists are becoming quite challenging.  Thus these children go to school with perhaps a pencil, while others are showing up with fancy backpacks that have matching lunch boxes, water bottles, pencil cases and so on. And, they have every school item necessary and then some.  How would you feel if you are standing there with just a pencil among a sea of backpacks?  You know you are immediately going to be singled out, made fun of, picked on, and maybe even bullied.  And this is on the first day!

Each school year we will reach out to some classrooms just like this and provide the necessary completely stocked backpacks to these children.   It will be the beginning of building their self-esteem and inclusion among their classmates.  This is step one. 

School Supplies for the Teachers

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We also cannot forget the teachers.  We will be evaluating each situation and what the teachers need most to teach their classroom about diversity and equality.  Whether it is STEM projects, literature, stuffed animals or even making a "safe area" in their classroom where a child can decompress and learn to express themselves, we will either cover the needs or provide what we can.

Empowering Others

"Empowering literally means to "put in" or "to cause" power as derived from its Latin roots. The act of empowering children is a process of guiding them to feel and believe that they are powerful now as well as creating optimum conditions that mirror back to them these concepts.  Empowering others doesn't necessarily come naturally to everyone! Good news is that it is a learnable skill."  Today's children look up to all of us for guidance, compassion, learning and most of all acceptance.  We, you and me, need to teach these children that they are important.  To quote Kathryn Stockett from "The Help":  "You is Kind.  You is Smart.  You is important."  Every child needs to know this.

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