Give a Little in the Schools
We are committed to supporting students in Yamhill County who are from low-income families or experiencing homelessness.
Our program operates through volunteer liaisons (now active in every school in McMinnville and Sheridan, and soon to include Yamhill and Carlton) who work directly with school contact people —administrators, counselors, and teachers — responsible for identifying specific needs of individual students.
Our program operates through volunteer liaisons (now active in every school in McMinnville and Sheridan, and soon to include Yamhill and Carlton) who work directly with school contact people —administrators, counselors, and teachers — responsible for identifying specific needs of individual students.
We have in the past years provided hundreds of pairs of shoes and socks, many winter jackets, other clothing, school supplies, holiday meals, eye glasses and dental care, hygiene supplies, lice kits, umbrellas, camp scholarships, pool passes (for physical therapy), and more. The racks here hold cleaned, gently used shoes ready to be given to children whose worn-out footwear needs replacement.
Pictured here, Nichelle Greene, Homeless Student Advocate at McMinnville High School, receives just a few of the hygiene kits we provide for homeless students. The cloth bags were sewn and donated by members of the Gone to Pieces Quilt Guild in McMinnville.
We also have a program that provides a yearly scholarship to attend Chemeketa Community College to a Yamhill County high school graduate who has struggled with homelessness. (The number of homeless students in Oregon has increased approximately 20% since 2014, currently making up an estimated 4% of all enrolled children and teens.)
This scholarship isn't just an awarded amount of cash. In my eyes, it is my future. |