Abba’s House delivers backpacks to Hixson Elementary

Ayleea Kilgore, left, and Jahki King prepare to head to class with their new school supplies. Ayleea Kilgore, left, and Jahki King prepare to head to class with their new school supplies.

By Emily Crisman August 28, 2019 2 min read

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Abba’s House delivers backpacks

Ethan Lane and Jayden Cordero, from left, pick up free backpacks of school supplies donated by Abba's House.

Abba's House has partnered with Bethlehem Center's The Nehemiah Project to provide backpacks for Title I schools since the project's inception in 2001

Hixson Elementary students wait in line to pick up a free backpack of school supplies.

Abba's House pastor the Rev. Ronnie Phillips speaks to students at Hixson Elementary School before distributing backpacks of free school supplies donated by the church.

Two weeks into the new school year, excitement was still in the air at Hixson Elementary School.

Friends waved and hugged as they exited the school bus, then joined the singe-file line leading to the school entrance, high-fiving teachers as they passed through the door and headed toward the cafeteria for breakfast before class.

But it wasn’t just a typical day at Hixson Elementary: On Aug. 20, volunteers from Abba’s House delivered backpacks for every student, each filled with paper, colored pencils, glue sticks, crayons and more. The students also had the option to take a Bible.

Abba’s House has partnered with Bethlehem Center’s The Nehemiah Project to provide backpacks for Title I schools since the project’s inception in 2001. Hundreds of the Hixson church’s members have helped to pack and provide backpacks over the last 19 years.

In addition to the students at Hixson Elementary, this year the church also donated and delivered backpacks to all the students of Clifton Hills Elementary.