The Homeless Education program for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools soon will distribute a shipment of 1,920 backpacks donated by the national organization, Feed The Children, to homeless students across the county. The backpacks are stuffed with accompanying school supplies, books, snacks and hygiene products.
Feed The Children, which was founded in 1979, distributed more than $344 million in food, essentials, education supplies and medicine to more than 10 million individuals last year. The organization delivered its backpacks and supplies to County Schools’ Homeless Education program on Oct. 7.
“We are grateful to organizations like Feed The Children, who support students and families all over San Bernardino County,” said Ted Alejandre, deputy superintendent of County Schools. “We thank Feed The Children for the generous donation made to our students.”
During the last reporting year, more than 35,700 homeless students were reported countywide, said Brenda Dowdy, County Schools’ homeless education specialist.
“These donations will make a tremendous impact to the students and families in the districts in our county. There is more need than resources we can deliver to our homeless students, but gestures like this from Feed The Children are greatly appreciated,” she said.
Many of this year’s supplies will be delivered this week to 30 districts across the county.
For more information about the donations of the County Schools’ Homeless Education program, contact Dowdy at (909) 386-2634.