Last month, Cardlytics (cardlytics.com) employees donated enough school supplies to the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s “Kids In Need” store to benefit 1,000 Atlanta area children and more than 40 teachers. Cardlytics’ employees collected 2,345.5 pounds of school supplies, the largest walk-in donation of school supplies received by the Food Bank this school year.
Kids In Need provides brand new school supplies for students whose academic success is threatened by poverty. During fiscal year 2015-16, 6,085 teachers from schools serving low-income neighborhoods received 738,809 pounds of school supplies for their students. Kids In Need currently serves elementary, middle and high schools in 17 school systems.
Parents who struggle to put food on the table may often be challenged to provide their children with the necessary school supplies. The Atlanta Community Food Bank developed Kids In Need, a year-round free store for educators, based on the belief that every child deserves the tools they need for academic achievement.
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Every year, the program distributes hundreds of thousands of pounds of brand new school supplies to teachers in low-income schools in the Atlanta region. For a school to qualify, at least 80% of the students must be enrolled in the federal free and reduced meal program. There is absolutely no cost to teachers or schools. The Kids In Need facility is setup much like a retail store and is continuously stocked with school and art supplies for grade levels Pre-K through 12.