Supplies and Gifts to Kids at Army Trail Elementary

Yesterday HSP’s Executive Director, Kristin Maxwell, visited Army Trail Elementary School in Addison to meet with their principal Deb Martello. During that visit, HSP was able to send along school supplies for the needy children in the school. We were able to provide around 11 boxes of school supplies which included: glue, crayons, binders, art paper, colored paper, as well as miscellaneous school and extra teacher supplies.

                       

Along with being able to provide school supplies to the school, we are very happy to report that we will be enrolling over 80 needy children from Army Trail Elementary School into our Children’s Birthday Project (CBP). That is approximately 20 percent of the needy children in the school! CBP’s goal is to provide children with packages on their special day, and to create memories for them that will last a lifetime. Each child receives a birthday box which includes new toys, books, activity kits, and other small trinkets. They also receive, with their birthday gifts, school supplies, and a “party in a bag” kit which contains party decorations and supplies, and birthday cake mix and frosting for the child to enjoy on their birthday.

Army Trail School covers an area near our other Addison school partner, Lake Park Elementary. Both schools have large populations of needy children, Army Trail School at 80.5% low income and Lake Park Elementary at 72.8% low income. HSP is happy to be able to assist both schools by providing school and birthday supplies to needy children.