by Nancy & Nora on September 10, 2010
…to Deliver Supplies to Chicago Public Schools
On August 19th & 20th, 22 pallets of school supplies were distributed to 15 Chicago Public Schools, serving nearly 7,000 students. Anna A. and her team of Global Hope volunteers devoted two days to delivering these supplies to the schools with the 
greatest need (a large percentage of homeless and low-income families).
Dick Flesher of Schools Count, a retired educator with a “get-it-done” attitude, bypasses bureaucratic obstacles and works directly with school principals. He takes and fills their orders by recycling used school supplies from area schools as well as purchasing new supplies where needed. We support him in his passion for “starting all kids out on the right foot at the beginning of the school year”.
Anna, Jack, Caroline, Jim, Dickie, Teri and Mary worked with Dick’s many volunteers from Schools Count to complete this ambitious project. Aside from the satisfaction of helping so many, they had the added pleasure of meeting appreciative staff members at several schools. The experience, our team reports, was “priceless”.
by Nancy & Nora on July 22, 2010
WANTED: SOME GOOD STRONG BACKS
To Deliver School Supplies to Chicago Public Schools
Thursday, AUG 19 10am-3pm
and/or
Friday, AUG 20 10am-3pm
Dick Flesher of Schools Count has been collecting new and slightly used school supplies from over 20 area elementary, junior high and high schools. These supplies will be distributed to the Chicago public schools most in need of assistance and serves as part of the Schools Count “Go Green” program. In an effort to do their part to ‘save the planet’, these ‘nearly new’ supplies will continue to serve students in the Chicago area rather than crowd our landfills.
Where does Global Hope come in? We are looking for 3-4 volunteers for each of the two days to deliver 2281 binders, 3396 notebooks, 5438 folders, 1556 packets of loose leaf paper, 8500 pens and pens, 3000 colored pencils, 7000 colored markers, many thousand note cards, boxes of glue, boxes of crayons, backpacks, composition books, paint sets, scissors, rulers, graphing paper and more!! How’s that for putting “goodwill in motion”! These supplies will already be packed in boxes weighing between 10-20 lbs.
If you are interested in helping with delivery, please let us know as soon as possible so we can inform Dick Flesher. Maps will be provided in order to follow supply trucks to each destination. Also, due to the nature of this project, please leave “underage” volunteers at home.
Please contact Anna at aalbrecht117@comcast.net to volunteer and/or for more info.
And know that because of you, thousands of Chicago area public school students will be equipped with the supplies necessary for better learning.
