School Supply Distribution

In September we did our second annual School Supply Distribution which was made possible by the Stanly Baptist Association of Stanly County, North Carolina. They raise enough money to by a substantial packet of supplies for 85 kids. We went to the city hall where the director of public schools created a list of the most financially challenged kids and invited them to a gathering where we handed out the supplies. The kids didn't understand why they were there and all they know is that they got free school supplies. Below are some pictures of the process from beginning to end. We hope that this continues to be an annual event and that it might even grow to include more kids!

School supplies for 75 kids. We bought the additional 10 later as a follow-up

Our assembly line! Each packet included a backpack, colored paper, folding paper, three notebooks, modeling clay, markers, crayons, colored pencils, two pencils, a pen, an eraser, and a pencil sharpener.

Here are the finished products. We had 46 boys and 39 girls for the distribution.

This is Charlie and me unloading all the backpacks. We ended up having to tie them together in sets of 5.

After the kids saw that we were there, we had more than enough help.

Here is the representative from City Hall giving an introduction.

They called out the kids names one-by-one and we handed them their backpacks.

For all of you who have been brushing up on your Macedonian, here is an article about the event on the city hall website.