Back-to-School Backpack Drive

In 1996, I decided that I wanted to give something back to the community.  After checking with the Clark County School District, I discovered that no agency was addressing the needs of the Clark County School District’s Homeless Education Division, which has thousands of children enrolled in their program.  To help with this great need, I created “A Touch of Home”.  I collect new, unwrapped toys and various necessities and the Homeless Education Office, now “Title One” of Clark County School District, sees that they are delivered to the children most in need of a little cheer.

The Homeless Education Office of Clark County School District has a huge job on their hands.  They keep track of the children, and try to provide them with basic necessities so that they may attend school, even though they do not have a “residence”.  Many of these children live in shelters, or even a car or a tent.  

School can be stressful enough, but it is even harder when you don’t have the right supplies.  The school district has provided a list of some items that the children will need to get off to a great start this school year.  These items include:

 Backpacks, pencil boxes/bags, pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, colored pencils, markers, paper, notebooks, dividers, folders, binders, glue bottles/sticks, rulers, pencil sharpeners, highlighters, Sharpies, tissue boxes, scissors, calculators, lunch boxes, hand soap, hand sanitizer, index cards, flash drives, watercolors.

 HOW YOU CAN HELP!  Items can be donated, (the school district picks them up from my office), or donations to purchase these items can be made payable to “A Touch of Home”.  If you can help us, please contact one of my staff at 702-777-1234.  Speak to Kim, Karen or myself.   Supplies and monetary donations can be delivered to my office.  100% of your donation will be spent on the children!