Our plan
Being in an auto making town, our community has been especially hard hit by the economic downturn. More families than ever are out of work and need help with the most basic needs. Our non-profit raised money and provided school supplies for over two hundred families in two local elementary school.
What we did
We raised money by doing 10 pushups for a quarter. We raised hundreds of dollars this way and bought the supplies from several vendors who gave us big discounts. We delivered the supplies before school started for the year and the teachers discreetly passed out the supplies to families in need.
Our results
Many students who would not have had access to supplies, were able to start school with everything they need. There is a lot of this type of program in poverty stricken communities, but in our middle class community, where the need was new and severe, there was no program available. Teachers did not have to worry about how to get supplies to their children because we provided it for them.
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