Back-to-school season should be a time of giddy excitement, right? Kids and their families should be busy with preparation, eagerly counting down the days.
Yet behind the hustle and bustle are the kids who are dreading every minute until the first bell rings.
Why? Because they’re carrying adult-sized burdens that are just too big for their shoulders. When families face challenges like mental illness, addiction, and financial stress, kids unfairly suffer.
Without the right supplies, they feel less than their peers. When worries about affording food keep them up at night, they have a hard time concentrating in class. When their parents are weighed down by stress and illness, they try not to be a bother and start bottling everything up.
And it all just keeps weighing them down, eventually shattering their self-confidence and forcing them to fall behind in school… and in life.
But it doesn’t have to be this way—because, thankfully, there’s you.
You and your kind heart can reach out to kids and families in your community this back-to-school season—easing their burdens and showing them they’re not alone.
Your caring gift of $100 today can provide essentials like school supplies, transportation, counselling, life skills training, and more for entire families here in your community.
Then, parents will find relief for their burdens and be able to focus on being the best parents they can be.
And kids will get to just be kids! They’ll put aside their worries and just focus on dreaming big, reaching for the stars, and excitedly counting down the days until school starts.
It all starts with you today.