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Tools for Education
For low-income children, there are often limited resources to purchase a backpack with school supplies other children may take for granted. The Tools for Education program ensures that every child can start the new school year equipped with the tools they need to succeed. In the summer, before the school year begins, new back packs filled with school supplies are distributed by volunteers to low-income students.
The back packs, supplies, and other items are provided through the Nebraska Truckloads of Help program and generous donations from the community.
In conjunction with Tools for Education, the Teen for the Day program distributes clothes, shoes, makeup and accessories for teenage girls.
In 2010, 2,074 children received new backpacks, school supplies and clothing through Tools for Education.
An additional 900 teen girls benefited from Teen for the Day.