We’ve been collecting a lot of school supplies in hopes of providing each refugee child we serve with the items they need to begin the new school year. We’ve got backpacks, loose leaf paper, spiral notebooks, secondary tablets, pens, pencils, three ring binders, folders, erasers, highlighters, crayons, index cards, glue sticks, scissors, sharpeners, and uniforms. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

We serve approximately 50 families and on average there are five to six students per family. That’s between 200 and 300 backpacks if we were to be able give to every refugee child in need that we know. We will first pass out the backpacks to the families we directly serve, but are hopeful to offer the school supplies to refugee families we know of but are not as active with. Passing out these supplies provides us with an opportunity to talk about the reason we give (Jesus). Our kindness and love may lead our friends to a knowledge of who Jesus is. So, please prayerfully, will you keep these items coming as we are certain that we need more.

Also, we need scientific calculators for high school students. These graphing calculators are important to their success in learning algebra and doing well on their ACT and other tests. They are rather expensive to refugee students. The schools often have the calculators for students to use while in class but having these for homework would be a good thing. I believe the ones we need are Ti83’s.

Computers and laptops in good working condition are also helpful to high school students. Please consider donating your older computers that may still work okay for these students.

If you are interested in helping us pack the backpacks and deliver them, please let us know. We will be doing this sometime within the next two weeks. Your help is greatly appreciated.