LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The countdown is on as there is a bit more than per week earlier than children return to highschool. The Siegel Cares group, together with Siegel properties, got here collectively Friday to verify kids dwelling on the flats have the required objects come Aug. 11.
Siegel Cares, together with Siegel properties Twain 1, Twain 3, Twain 4 and Swenson, hosted the Again 2 Faculty Giveaway, providing meals, college provides, and companies free of charge.
Households in want have been all smiles at this group occasion, the place kids bought new backpacks and notebooks, in addition to haircuts and braids.
“We want them to feel special and not feel like they are being judged because they have nothing new to go back to school with,” Michelle Robinson, property supervisor for Siegel Suites Twain 3, stated.
Robinson has been managing that property for 13 years. She says the aim is to verify no little one within the neighborhood begins the varsity 12 months feeling disregarded.
On prime of the donations from Siegel Cares, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division additionally contributed to the trigger, donating 20 backpacks stuffed with college provides.
“Each kid will fill out a slip with their information, so when they come to get their backpack, we have their apartment number, and their specific backpack picked out for them,” Robinson stated.
For folks like Dominique Dixon, a mom of 4 dwelling at Siegel Suites, shopping for college provides for her kids can take a toll.
She says sending children again to highschool on a constructive be aware may help set them up for fulfillment.
“Some people don’t have it right now. They’re struggling in a low-income area. I’m grateful for what the Lord brought to our community,” Dixon stated.
Based on the Nationwide Retail Federation, households with kids in elementary by way of highschool spend, on common, about $150 on college provides.
When you add in clothes, footwear and electronics, that value goes as much as about $850.
