SAVE OUR SCHOOLS FOR OUR KIDS FOUNDATION completed the first statewide back-to-school tour events covering three towns. We gave out just over 1,100 backpacks with donated school supplies, 7,000 masks, hand sanitizers, 500, learning games for children ages 3-5 years old, ten raffle prizes per city and town. We gave 15, 000 pounds of Perdue oven roaster chickens to families in Bloomfield, Hartford, and New Haven. The chicken was given to churches, homeless shelters, seniors, and the sick and shut in.
A very special thanks to Connecticut State Police, Connecticut Emergency Management for the Department of Homeland Security, and the Connecticut Army National Guard for helping us Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Your support and help were vital and we are so very grateful to you through each experience.
In Bloomfield, we served 300 children and families.
In Hartford, we served 300 children and families at the event and into the community. In Hartford, we went into the Streets of Hartford to give families the remaining frozen chickens.
In New Haven, nearly 400 children and families trickled onto and out of the New Haven Green. Nearly 100 were given in the evening time to the "Behavior" Ashmun Street Family and a few backpacks were given to Diane Brown of the Stetson, Branch Manager, Stetson Library to give to families.
We secured and raffled off the following prizes for children and families:
6-Cuisinart Griddlers
Portable Bluetooth Speaker
Foxwoods Resorts & Casino Weekend Get Away
Airline Tickets and Hotel Accommodations
Las Vegas Getaway
7-Night Resort Getaway
2-Night 3* Hotel Getaway
Yale Bookstore Gift Basket,
And more...
Truly, this was a fun experience for the children and families.
We could not have done any of this without ALL OF YOU! We appreciate your support, from the major to the minutest form. We salute and honor you. We thank your gift of time.
Perdue Chicken, National Sponsor, Jim Perdue
Lakeshore Learning, Inc., National Education Student/Teacher Supply Sponsor, Bo Kaplan
Bob & Amy Stefanowski
WTNH New Channel 8, Rich Graziano
Wade's Dairy, Doug Wade
Connecticut Food Bank/Food Share
Staples
Duncaster, Bloomfield - Kelly Smith Papa
The Voices of Women of Color, Janice Flemming - Entertainment Sponsors
Jennifer Amara, OTIS
COSTCO
Blue Hills Fire District & The Commissioners
Yale University
Howard K. Hill Funeral Services - Howard K. Hill
J-Hop - Jesse Hardy
The Golub Price Chopper Foundation
The Associated
Wheeler Clinic
Big Y
BJs
WYBC 94.3 FM
Fantastic Foods
LB Tents
Brian McEnroe
Vaughn Sinquefield
Young Entertainment, Joe Young
Curtis and Sheila Robinson Foundation
Roberta Hoskie
Willie Broadie
Alpha Graphics
Femi Bogle-Assegai
Tyco Printing
Exclusive Linez
WOW, Inc.
Mayor Suzette DeBeatham-Brown, Town of Bloomfield
Mayor Luke Bronin, City of Hartford
Connecticut National Guard
Connecticut State Police
New Haven Fire Department, Chief John Alston
Connecticut Emergency Management System Department of Homeland Security
Foxwoods Resorts & Casinos
New Haven Police Department
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
U-Haul
Omni Hotel
Splazzy Face
R.O.C.C.
For Us, Inc.
TGIF, Fridays'
Blue Hills Civic Association
Diane Brown, Stetson Public Library
Nay Boogie Cakes
Cheryl Craddock
Shawnee Rochester
John Blackshear
Criss Williams
Greg Hannan
Karol Jimenez
Andrea Sanders,
Alderman Steve Winters
KMAD
Sonya Gilliam, New Haven Fire Department
Sean Reeves, Sr.
SPECIAL THANKS AND SHOUT OUTS TO:
LOYALTIE GREEN, - SOS4OKs, JR. AMBASSADORS
LANIYA DAVIS, - SOS4OKs, JR. AMBASSADORS
I.L.A. VISIONS
THE D-BLOCK
JUDO RABADI
SHEEK LOUCH
TONY MOXBERG
TECHNICIAN, THE DJ
ACTOR CHASE W. DILLON, CO-STAR OF THE 11 EMMY AWARDS NOMINATED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MINISERIES, BLOOMFIELD
DJ BUCK - HOT 93.7
DJ BIG MANN -HOT 93.7
DJ ENIGMA
DJ FUNK MASTER P
