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Help Support Back-to-School & Sock-it-to-MAM!
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For more information, contact:
Peggy Croke, Director of Resource Development
713-574-7535 | pcroke@maministries.org
Remember your first day of school? You probably had new shoes, new clothes and a new backpack. It was a great beginning for a new school year. Many kids in Spring Branch ISD don’t have that chance. Their families can’t afford the necessary and much needed items for a successful new school year.
Each school has a dress code or clothing guidelines. In many schools the children are required to wear a white polo shirt, khaki or navy pants or shorts, white socks and athletic/tennis shoes. The staff and families often refer to it as the “uniform.”
Each year MAM’s Back-to-School Drive raises funds for school clothes and supplies. 55% of the students enrolled in Spring Branch ISD schools qualify for subsidized school lunches. The district enrollment shows 16,725 elementary school children and 6,777 middle schoolers. We want every child to have the clothes they need. Our goal for the 2012-2013 school year is to assist 5,700 elementary and middle school children and we need to raise over $200,000 to reach our goal.
School counselors, nurses or social workers give MAM clothing vouchers to families whose children qualify for the free/reduced school lunch program. The vouchers are restricted to school clothing at local stores such as Target, Fallas Parades, Fiesta and Wal-Mart. Parents can go shopping for their children, choose the appropriate clothing and pay at the register with the MAM voucher. The stores then bill MAM directly.
Individual and corporate donations are welcome.
Giving Guidelines for Back-to-School
- $20 can provide all the supplies a child will need for the school year
- $50 can supply a child with a new outfit and shoes for the first day of school
- $100 can supply two children within a family with any combination of clothing that
is needed such as new shirts, pants, belts, socks, underwear and shoes
- ? or, your generous donation to help as many kids as possible.
SOCK-it-to-MAM
Sock-it-to-MAM is a fun way to get groups or companies involved and help with the
Back-to-School effort. White socks and underwear, children’s sizes 6-14, are collected
by the group or company and delivered to (or picked-up by) MAM. School nurses and
teachers especially appreciate the clean white socks and underwear that are donated.
Sock-it-to-MAM bags are available.
Donate now