Back to School Festivities at Faith
Are you beginning to hear boxes of fresh crayons calling to
you? Do you long to hold new markers in
8 vibrant colors in your hands? How
about boxes of unsharpened pencils with brand new erasers? If you are like me, you get drawn to the
aisles of new school supplies this time of year. What could be better than a brand new Elmer's
Glue Stick?
We are in
the home stretch of our Back-to-School activities for Mark Twain School .
Stay after services on August 12th and get your hands on some
school supplies. We'll be filling 175
backpacks with grade appropriate school supplies. It's traditionally been a fun event, rubbing
elbows with our Faith friends, laughing at everyone's silliness, while
supporting Mark Twain School . Your efforts will be rewarded with snacks
(yet to be announced) in addition to seeing the lineup of beautifully
constructed and filled backpacks lining the back hallway; it's a sight to
behold.
To
top off the back-to-school experience, come join us at Mark Twain on August 14th
for their ice cream social. It's during
this event that children are able to pick their backpack and proudly take it to
their school room to await the first day of classes. It's an inspiring event and one that will
leave you with a smile on your face. Please
let me know if you can attend; I'll have a sign-up in the church kitchen.
We have one last call for
Back-to-School donations. We would like
to provide Twain school with additional glue sticks and pencils in bulk for
them to have in their supply closets to be used throughout the school
year. The pencils and sticks provided in
our backpacks in August are an excellent start to the year, but having extra
items that can be used to resupply in the middle of the school year will be
greatly appreciated. If you've ever
priced a glue stick in January, you'll appreciate having extras on hand in the
supply closet. So please consider donating extra pencils and glue sticks, and we'll deliver them to Mark Twain
the night of our ice cream social.
MANY thanks go out to you all for
your work thus far, from sewing backpacks, donating time, money, Ziplocs and
tissues, as well as your prayers and words of support. It is your devotion and commitment to this
special community of children that will give them equal footing and solid
ground for their next steps.