Help Hope's Front Door children be ready for school

By Janell Robinson, Executive Director of Hope's Front Door

The start of a new school year will hopefully be filled with anticipation of learning new things and celebrating new milestones for students. For some families in our community, the start of a new school year can also be filled with anxiety. The National Retail Federation estimates that the average family will spend $675 on new apparel and supplies. This is an 8% increase over previous years.

Hope’s Front Door is holding a school supply drive to help needy area families. These school supply donations will help families with limited resources defray back-to-school expenses. The school supply drive is part of Hope’s Front Door’s Best HOPE Campaign where we want to raise $20,000 to help area children access basic need items. Now, until September 30, we hope to raise $20,000 to help more than 250 children with food and school supplies as well as access to medication, dental and vision healthcare . . . even financial literacy.

Children are our most valuable natural resource. Your donations of school supplies and funding will make a huge difference in the lives of our neighborhood children https://goo.gl/BfZGPe.

Hope’s Front Door provides an entry point to social services for members of our community who need immediate assistance and help in finding continuing assistance. The guiding theme of our organization is to assess—in a caring and compassionate manner—the immediate needs of each client and to meet those immediate needs using our limited funds and resources. We then offer specific guidance toward other helping organizations in our community that can provide continuing care and assistance on the path to self-sufficiency.