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Put together a SchoolTools Kit

In your neighborhood, basic school supplies such as pencils, pens and notebooks may not seem difficult to acquire, but every fall, millions of children start school without these supplies in hand, even in the United States. Instead of starting the school year excited for successes, they begin ashamed and unprepared to acquire important life skills.

To help these children regain their dignity and to help them succeed, World Vision has developed the SchoolTools project. This project provides valuable school materials so all children, regardless of where they live, can receive what should come without limitations—a valuable education. The SchoolTools kits you make will go directly to children in need in Chicago.

Getting involved is easy. You, your church’s Youth Group, Sunday School, small group, schools or companies can assemble the SchoolTools kits.

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Please make sure that each kit is uniform in contents. Including the same items in each kit will ensure that no child is disappointed by receiving less than what another child receives.

Each kit needs to contain the following items in the stated quantities:

Six wooden pencils without designs
Six medium ballpoint pens—blue or black ink
One wide-ruled one subject notebook
One package wide-ruled, three hole punched, filler paper
One barrel pencil sharpener
One large pink eraser
One package (24 count) regular-size crayons
One 12-inch ruler (including metric measurements)
One large or two small glue sticks
One pair ambidextrous, blunt tip, school scissors

1. Please place all items in a 2-gallon resealable plastic bag.
2. Print a special mailing label and affix it to your box.
3. Mail your box (or drop it off) and provide much needed school supplies for a child in Chicago.

Contact Rebecca Murphy at 773.921.3900 ext.323 or remurphy@worldvision.org if you have any questions.

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World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

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Ken Benson
kbenson@worldvision.org
773.921.3900 ext. 326

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