Please visit our new micro-site GiveThemAGoodStart.com to learn 3 ways you can make a difference today!
When I learned recently that thousands of kids across the city of Atlanta show up to the first day of school with absolutely no school supplies, I have to admit that I was a bit shocked. I honestly didn’t think about it.
What do unemployed parents do when it comes time to buy the things their kids need?
What do parents who are underemployed or barely make enough to pay some of the bills do?
I’m not being crass, but food stamps doesn’t cover pencils and paper and rulers and glue.
These parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and foster parents across Atlanta often have to make the tough decision to send their kids to school with few or no school supplies because they simply can’t afford them.
Do teachers not teach and wait until the supplies are purchased? Nope. Do schools make up the difference with some extra money they have? No such money exists.
It won’t solve every problem, but we are pledging to make sure that every child at an inner city Atlanta elementary school has every thing they need when they start school in 10 days on Monday, August 10th and we NEED YOUR HELP!
Please visit our new micro-site GiveThemAGoodStart.com to learn 3 ways you can make a difference today!