As many of you know, I am very passionate about serving the Communities In Schools organization and their efforts to help students have a fair shot at succeeding in school, graduatiing and moving on to a successful and bright future. We all deserve that chance in throughout our childhood journey, however, not all children grow up in households that are able to provide educational support, food, guidance, basic needs and/or nurturing. I was very blessed to born into a family who could not only provide me with all of the above and always encouraged me to do the best in all I did. So, for this reason, I feel like maybe these children don't have control over the family we were born into, but that shouldn't define who they will be when they "grow up". With devine intervention and our support, we can make a difference in the lives of these children by filling in some of the areas of gap such as food insecurity, supply needs and/or mentoring/encouragement to aid in their success.
The Communities In Schools’ (CIS) Stuff The Bus School Supply Drive is one of city's largest school supply drives that serves thousands of under-served students and families. Many of these families are below the poverty line and cannot afford all the supplies their children need to start their school year. The funds raised through this event will be given to over 100 CIS partnering schools (elementary-high school) across 12 school districts to purchase supplies for any student in need at that campus. The Stuff The Bus School Supply Drive helps to alleviate the stress of back-to-school expenses and allows students to focus on their education with the tools they need to be successful.