Our daily routine has returned and school has started again. Whether it has bred excitement or utter anxiety, an educational journey was began by several thousand students in the past few days. However, many of these students began this journey without the necessary tools to start this exciting time in a proper way. With the help of WSOC-TV, Hendrick dealerships have teamed up with other area organizations to assist the students of the community to reach the goal of ensuring that no student goes without the proper necessities needed to complete class assignments and homework. These efforts were able to provide over 30,000 pens and pencils a week last year to teachers to assist their students in completing daily assignments and have a fair chance at being successful.
As the collection efforts are nearing a close on August 31, 2012, we are really focusing on what we can do to ramp up efforts of giving and close this year with a strong finish. As an incentive, Honda of Concord is offering a free car wash to any donor of 10 items. We know the economy is seen to not be at its best but, we hope that anyone that can give, does so as the students of our community really need anything that can be given. Remember it is not the size of the gift but the fact that you understood there was a need and you did your best to fill it.
Items Needed:
Backpacks, pens, pencils, packs of paper, markers, crayons, rulers, graph paper.
