Whereas college students are gearing up for his or her new class schedules, reasonably priced faculty provides have gotten more durable to come back by with households within the U.S. anticipated to pay greater than ever earlier than this back-to-school season. 

To supply help to kids that want it most, Huntington Seashore Excessive College directors lent serving to arms to native nonprofit group Undertaking Hope Alliance for its annual backpack drive. 

Principal Daniel Morris, Assistant Principals Dave Yonts and Brenna Orr and particular applications administrator Stacey Robison visited the Undertaking Hope Alliance workplaces on Aug. 2 to pack backpacks with new faculty provides together with pencil pouches, binders and notebooks for youth experiencing homelessness. By means of donating these provides, the group hopes that each pupil will enter the varsity yr with the instruments and confidence to thrive out and in of the classroom. 

Huntington Seashore Excessive began partnering with the Undertaking Hope Alliance case administration program in January to determine college students dealing with homelessness as a way to enhance their educational success and general well-being. Along with offering entry to meals, transportation and clothes, the case managers work with directors, academics and employees on every faculty campus to supply help tailor-made to the scholars they serve. 

“HBHS is thrilled to have an extra useful resource to proceed serving to all of our college students attain their potential and take away as many obstacles as attainable so they might all discover success,” Principal Morris stated. 

Every merchandise gathered for the drive has come from group donations made out to the nonprofit, leading to distinctive faculty baggage for the scholars to retailer their new provides. 

The backpacks they’ve crammed might be distributed to 400 college students from kindergarten to school experiencing homelessness all through Orange County. Along with their new stationeries, these college students may even obtain a $100 Goal present card. 

“With our partnership with Undertaking Hope Alliance and their presence on our campus, HBHS employees has witnessed college students, who may in any other case have given up, proceed to persevere and attend faculty every day,” Morris continued. “Our recognized college students and households acknowledge that there’s a area and devoted advocate who understands the struggles and has the sources to satisfy the number of wants that will come up.” 

For extra details about Undertaking Hope Alliance, go to https://projecthopealliance.org/.

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