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Back to School with a Smile iCare Outreach

With summer break halfway over and back to school planning already in full swing, we learned that there are many families in our community who were finding it difficult to afford the school supplies their children needed. As a church, we wanted to reach out in a practical way by providing children with backpacks filled with basic school supplies, CD’s and devotional materials.

So, on July 12th, we took a special iCare offering to help meet that need. Then, volunteers from our church came together to stuff the bags and prepare them for delivery, while various V•Groups submitted the names of children in need. Members from these V•Groups then hand delivered the backpacks and supplies to those children. We were also able to bless Meadow Creek High School with about 250 of the backpacks to distribute to those students most in need.

Thank you, Victory, for your generous giving toward the Back to school with a smile iCare outreach. It was hugely successful and hundreds of children were blessed with backpacks and school supplies that they wouldn’t have had without you!

This Is What Community Looks Like

Dr. Claire Lockman Boyce, Director of Meadowcreek Community School, many of whose students received these backpacks, wrote:

On behalf of the Meadowcreek Community School, we would like to thank you for the school book bags that VWC donated to us. During the high school Freshmen Orientation last Tuesday, we were collecting various forms. As each family submitted their form we presented the children and students the very attractive book bags. The word “spread” and by the end of the evening, every student and child was walking around with a brand new book bag and a large smile.

During the next few days when parents arrived at the Parent Center to register their child, Mr. Gomez, our Parent Center guide was able to present the new families a brand new book bag as an additional welcome.

We sincerely thank you for this wonderful donation. We continue to work in a community partnership to provide extended learning opportunities for our youth and adults in the Meadowcreek cluster.

Sincerely,

Claire Lockman Boyce, Ph.D.,Director
Meadowcreek Community School