Our
compassionate partners have been helping us send pencil case kits to hundreds
of impoverished school children over the last two years! Boys and girls
living in the United States and around the world have begun the new school
year with a case filled with essential school items like pencils, crayons,
glue and scissors. Even children from Philadelphia walked into the classroom
knowing they were prepared just like all of the other kids.
“Ooooh, look at what I have,” exclaimed four-year-old Charity.
She was opening up her brand new pencil case kit along with her older
sister Emani and brother Tyrell. Our partner, Bethel Deliverance Church
in Philadelphia had passed the kits out to every at-risk child that
participated in their summer camp.
The children asked, “Are these for us? Can we keep them?”
Over the last few months Charity’s family began experiencing
financial and health problems. Their father, Reuben, had to leave work
when he was hospitalized for a heart condition and needed surgery. This
forced their mother Lakeya to get a low paying job. She struggled to
keep the bills paid and put food on the table while caring for her small
children and visiting her husband at the hospital.
When Reuben finally was able to go home, the young man began the new
chapter in his life with a pacemaker and a daily regiment of medication.
He knew life would be different; no more bowling or roughhousing with
the kids. Even Charity realized this and now sits on her father’s
lap for quiet story-times. Though life became more challenging financially
for this family, help was not far away.
These children’s parents were not only grateful for the summer
camp that all three children attended for free, but for the pencil case
kits. What a very practical way to help a family whose budget was bare
bones. This meant about thirty less dollars would have to be spent on
school supplies and could now go towards feeding their family.
Don’t Leave Them Behind!
You and your friends can join us in the pencil case kit project or your
gift of $25 can send a promising boy or girl back to school with the
right supplies and/or a new school clothes! A commitment of $75 can
help a poor family get their three children excited about the first
day of school. How about helping an entire summer school class of ten
children from the inner city? Your generous donation of $250 can help
them be ready!
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