Aug. 2, 2017
CLOSE YOUR EYES and imagine that you are six years old and
it is the first day of school. Your mom,
or dad, or grandmother, takes you to the school, gets you to your
classroom. You walk in with nothing in
your hands except for maybe a sack lunch.
For whatever reason, when the
teacher goes around the classroom to collect the school supplies that each
child was supposed to bring, you don’t have any school supplies to hand over.
Can you imagine how that child feels, how the
other children look at him/her? That first day of school is etched into my memory.
It is the goal of PHOENIX CIRCLE FOUNDATION to try to see that every child walks into a
classroom with SOME school supplies, not emptied-handed, on that first day of
school.
Our wider mission is to provide programs and resources to
children in Blaine County and surrounding communities to enhance their
lives. In accomplishing our mission, the
Foundation will:
• Promote
education in all areas, including health and wellness, the environment, the
arts and humanities;
• Sponsor
and promote educational, charitable, and cultural events and opportunities for
children to whom these programs and opportunities would not otherwise be
available due to economic or other disadvantages.
• Partner
with local public schools, Head Start programs and other social programs by
providing materials and resources to disadvantaged children (students whose
families are unable to purchase such materials and resources).
• Raise
funds, apply for grants, and distribute monies, resources and programs to
further our purposes.
For the past four years, we have provided free school
supplies to many local families and their children. In 2015 we served just
under 100 families, and there were still some students who we were unable to
provide for. In 2016 we partnered with
the First United Methodist Church and donated over $300 in school supplies for
them to distribute. We have also provided
cases of copy paper, boxes of tissue, and Clorox wipes to the elementary school
office. If and when we hear of a need
for our community’s school children, we try to fulfill it.
This year we are continuing with our SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVE-AWAY
but, unfortunately, we have a limited amount of supplies available. We have
packets of basic supplies (notebook paper, crayons, pencils, erasers, spiral
notebooks, folders with brads, glue) and will have them available for parents
and students to pick up on Monday, Aug 7, at 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at the Opportunities office on Hwy 33 in Watonga. First Come, first served.
We welcome any and all donations to Phoenix Circle
Foundation throughout the year, either in money or supplies, which will enable
us to continue this mission in our community and our arts education programs.
Our thanks to all who are helping with these efforts.
Donations made to Phoenix Circle Foundation are tax-deductible as a
charitable contribution in accordance with IRS rules
.
/Linda Barrett, Director
PO Box 427
Watonga, OK 73772
940-735-1065
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