We would like to invite you / your organization to support our annual School Supplies Distribution to ensure that every student is set up for success at the start of the 2025-2026 school year.

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Last year, we partnered with Adelante Family Resource Center and distributed over 15,000 school items (not including pens and pencils!) to 1,356 preK-12th grade students across seven school districts in the San Luis Valley.

 

We partnered with various local organizations and secured funding from some individuals donors of La Puente.

We anticipate increased need this year as three additional school districts have already signed up as of April to participate in the 2025 Distribution.

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Our goal is to be strategic in the ways that we supplement students’ school supplies to offset some of the burden carried by families and teachers. Because we buy in bulk, we are able to spend on average $20 per child to cover most of their basic school supplies that would otherwise cost families $40+ per child if they went to a superstore on their own.

 

Moreover, we are exploring new methods to more effectively involve the local community, whether it be giving a parent or student the tools to organize a supply drive; eliciting community members to volunteer on the distribution days; securing funds from a wider range of foundations, grants, and individual donors; and ensuring that our partners are giving input throughout the planning process.

 

As with last year’s event, our staff and volunteers will host the distribution at different sites across the SLV to promote accessibility. Supplies will be organized so that students can choose their own grade specific supplies. Last year, one second-grader left with a backpack full of everything pink, from pencil sharpeners to scissors to notebooks! A family with 2 school-aged children shared, “Every little bit helps” while another caregiver praised the individualized attention staff and volunteers gave his children, saying, “They talked to each child like it matters. And having options to choose from is great!” We are thrilled to invite our supporters and friends, both new and old, to help make the 2025 School Supplies Distribution effort come to life.

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Last year, we raised over $27,000 in donations to provide this vital community service that served over 780 SLV households; a total that could not have been achieved without the contribution of our community. We are humbly asking you today if you would consider partnering with Adelante Family Resource Center and making a financial gift to the School Supplies Distribution to ensure each student begins the school year with the tools needed to succeed. Thank you in advance for your consideration!