A total of 202 children and teens received Back to School supplies, and 75 of those also received personal hygiene gift bags to start the new school year. Kids were also able to choose a complete outfit from their special "Unique Boutique".
“Many of the youth don’t even have the necessary things to start back to school with, let alone new supplies or new clothes,” Delores Walker, library clerk at Graham Branch said. We wanted to provide the youth with new school supplies like writing utensils, paper, notebooks and folders but also gift bags we call ‘these necessary things’ which include toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap and more to help make sure the youth have what they need to get ready each morning before school.”
Staff had not held it for a couple of years; however, library clerk Delores Walker, who organized the previous events, went the extra mile putting this one together by soliciting for donations, putting together the gift bags, and organizing nearly every other aspect of the event.
“We have such a generous community and once our customers, friends or family of branch staff and other members in the community found out I was collecting items everyone was willing to pitch in,” Walker said. “We are so grateful to have such a supportive
community.”
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