07/29/2013
It's Back to School Time...
I have been supplying Back To School Supplies to children in our community every year for the past 7 years.
This year more than ever I need support and I believe you can help me. That is why I am reaching out to all of you. Everyone started somewhere and I hope that being friends I have proven myself.
Now, as a Pastor and a Chaplain I have seen firsthand since we have been hosting the Back to School Drive for families in Colorado Springs, the sights and sounds of summer beginning to transition to the thoughts and anticipation of the upcoming school year. Children across the city and the state of Colorado begin to do the unthinkable when the summer begins, they look forward to the start of a new school year. The new school year symbolizes a new beginning, a chance to start fresh: new teachers, new classmates, new curriculum, and new sport seasons. There is no difference for the children who live and go to school in our community as any other. The children here wait with anticipation for a new chapter of their lives to unfold.
A major difference between many of the families in other parts of our city is the ability for them to prepare their children for the upcoming school year with the proper tools necessary to excel. The excitement and enthusiasm for a new and fresh start begins to wane when a child walks into school unprepared for their academic endeavors. The first homework assignment that goes undone because a child does not have the adequate supplies in their home begins to stifle the thirst for learning as soon as the school year starts.
Our goal is to provide families in our community with their school supplies so that children do not need to face the obstacle of not having the proper supplies to adequately complete their class work. Thanks to the donations received through the Back to School Drive and monetary donations we receive, parents are able to better equip their sons and daughters for their upcoming school year. Your donation will have a direct impact on continuing the hunger for education in a child.
This year we are planning to pursue our goal of sending children back to school, fully equipped with the tools they need to learn. Due to high-levels of poverty in the communities we serve, even minor school expenses can be a significant burden to families. More frequently, they act as barriers to children’s education.
I feel a great sense of responsibility to advance access to schooling by providing some of the educational materials children require to attend classes.
Without this support, we could not continue our humanitarian activities and it is because of the need for more active support that I come to you with our back-to-school needs. We are hoping that you will choose to give a generous donation. As always, any donation is tax deductible to the full extent permissible by the law.
Help us empower young minds today by joining our back-to-school drive! You can help remove a barrier to a child’s education by providing the supplies they need to go to school.
Please consider giving the gift of empowerment to a child by making a monetary contribution to this cause.
For information on how to support our work, please visit www.lwom.us.com or contact me at (719) 440-6584.
I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. We greatly appreciate and we are grateful for your support of our mission to enable families to have the dignity of receiving school supplies.
I want to thank you for your time, consideration and thanks in advance for your support. We look forward to hearing from you!
Jerome
www.lwom.us.com
(719) 440-6584
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