Next month Caleb would be heading to his first day of first grade. We can't send him with a superhero backpack and fresh mohawk haircut but we CAN make sure his love radiates through the halls of schools near and far.
We have decided to make August 9th an annual school supplies drive! From 2-4pm we will be collecting supplies/monetary donations at the India Shriners (3601 NW 36th St, OKC) for Putnam City and Oklahoma City Public Schools (online and contactless options available).
This year it is even more critical to support our schools as COVID-19 has created devastating shortages while eliminating the option to share supplies.
As we do with every event, we will be including handwritten notes of encouragement. Write a few at home and mail them, drop them off or come make your own creation 6 feet apart.
*OKC Public Schools has a new way of purchasing supplies at wholesale prIces in order to maximize our impact and help as many children as possible. Their special rate allows your donation of $20 to purchase $60 worth of supplies! To help purchase supply kits in bulk donate to OKC Public Schools via this link or donate in person on the 9th! We will close our special link on the 10th and announce the total!
https://bit.ly/2ExOkmb
To support Putnam City Schools please bring Lysol spray (the goal is 2,000 cans which represents one can per teacher), reusable face masks or hand sanitizer. To make a donation directly, visit https://pcf4kids.org/.
We will also be drawing for four $50 gift cards to be gifted to public teachers (one winner for a pre-K-1st grade teacher, one 2nd-5th, one 6th-9th and one 10th-12th) for their classroom (no matter where they live)! To be entered they must like The Caleb Effect Facebook page and comment with the school and grade where they teach (and share for extra credit ;)!
*If you were a winner last year, please sit this one out but share this with your teacher friends.
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Much like your throwback MySpace status, the world we live in today can best be described as "it's complicated." As we've said before, actions speak louder than words and we want to do our part to be part of the solution.
This video says it best: https://youtu.be/Guf4TtSWVhE
How you can help:
We will have a tent and table set up at 1220 NE 33rd Street (the NE Recreation Center) on July 9th from 5-7pm to write notes of love to kids in the FACT (Family Awareness and Community Teamwork) Youth Leadership Academy. If you would like to support FACT by donating items items for a community basketball event the following will be graciously accepted:
(Items Needed For the Basketball Event)
-Single-serving chips, Gatorade and bottled water
-Hot dog condiments
-Plastic utensils
-Face masks
-Hand sanitizer
-Snow cone syrup
-Disposable water cups
-Individually wrapped straws
-Large industrial trash bags
-Disposable gloves
-NBA regulation basketballs
-Extension cords
-Water coolers (4)
(Items Needed for Giveaways/Prizes)
-Reusable water bottles
-School backpacks/drawstring bags
-Bicycles
-Mini-fridge (2)
-Nike Elite Socks (20)
*Opportunity for bulk donations for various giveaway items also available. Please contact us for more details.
Some history:
We met the officers and kids of FACT at our Nice on the 9th for Class Matters (Remember the gentlemen who told us how the computers we donated would help them in their pursuits of careers in math and technology?). We knew our conversations were not complete so our original intention was to be a part of their basketball tournament. COVID-19 is forcing an alternate scramble so plans are still rapidly changing. There will also be a community event on July 25th that we will be a part. More details to come.
More about FACT:
The Oklahoma City Police Department’s FACT Unit aims to build relationships with the community it serves by mentoring middle school & high school age children, connecting with their families, humanizing the badge and providing alternatives to truancy, gang violence and self-destructive behavior. Under the leadership of Lt. Wayland Cubit, FACT has served the OKC community since 2008.
