More than 200 community leaders and volunteers devoted their morning to deliver bright smiles and backpacks filled with school supplies to 5,800 students attending 10 Title 1 elementary schools in Hamilton County. Students who received the goods attend the following schools: Bess T. Shepherd Elementary, Clifton Hills Elementary, East Lake Elementary, Eastside Elementary, Hardy Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Hixson Elementary, Orchard Knob Elementary, Spring Creek Elementary and Woodmore Elementary.
The back-to-school community outreach collaborative, The Nehemiah Project, is hosted by Front Porch Alliance. Since creating the project in 2000, the Front Porch Alliance, in partnership with a team of sponsors and volunteers, has equipped more than 85,000 Hamilton County Department of Education elementary students with the necessary supplies to start the new school year.
Karlene Claridy
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