For those of you who have or have had kids heading back to school, you know what kind of expense it is for school supplies. The Salvation Army in Saskatoon is helping low income families out by providing essential school supplies and they need your help. As you can imagine, the demand far outstrips supply but we can help change that a couple of ways. First of all, you can give money and the Salvation Army will purchase supplies with your donation or you can do what Wendy and I are doing. While out with Mark, we are just picking more supplies than he needs and dropping off the extra supplies at the Salvation Army (339 Avenue C South).
It costs Wendy and I about $60 to send Mark back to school each year and while we don’t really mind the cost, many kids that Mark has gone to school with are from families that can’t afford school supplies. By helping out with this, you are ensuring that the kids are starting the school year on the right foot and take away from stress from a lot of children and their parents. I never realized how big of a deal it was to some families until I saw some of them leave with a big smile on their face and some tears in their eyes after they came by to pick up some stuff last year. Who knew a couple of binders could make such a big difference?
