What’s better than going back to school? Receiving free book bags filled with school supplies!
Thank you to our board member Deacon Diana R. Auer, Esq., Director of Youth and Family Ministry at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Garden City, New York.
A member of her congregation donated 200 book bags and school supplies to our Vanguard House sanctuary in Long Island City. Church members filled the backpacks and then delivered them to our door.
Said an eleven-year-old, “I am happy about getting the backpack and school supplies. I’m even more excited about showing it to my friends when I go back to school.”
A parent shared, “It’s difficult not having the money to buy things for your kids, especially when it comes to their education. I am really appreciative of the help I’ve received here at Vanguard House.”
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