Our goal is for each child to leave this special afternoon feeling proud and confident to begin their new school year. Outfitted with backpacks, notebooks, paper, crayons, pencils, rulers, school clothes and more, these children will be prepared for the first day of school. This year we will help over 15 children currently living with their mothers in Brandon Guest House, our home for homeless single mothers. And, over 16 children at our Booth Family Apartments, our transitional housing for women inmates. We also plan to reach hundreds of poor families throughout the Bay Area who are not able to provide the basic tools needed for classroom education and study.
Children are innocent victims of family circumstances.
We strongly believe these children deserve an opportunity to enter school equipped with the tools needed for success and learning. Together, with your financial support, we can supply these children with the school items and clothing they need to feel prepared and confident as they approach their first day of school. Last year your financial support helped children like Tyelia. Tyelia lived with her mother, a single parent struggling to make ends meet. Without the help of Volunteers of America BayArea Tyelia would have begun the school year with only a broken pencil and tattered notebook.