Sharing in Student Success
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Share in Student Success, Leave no Child BehindAs you may know, the Caring and Sharing Exchange has been the new umbrella name of the organization since September 2011, when a new exciting program called Sharing in Student Success started. This program provides tangible assistance in the form of grade-appropriate stuffed backpacks. After the 2016 fundraising campaign, 2,065 children received direct assistance through Sharing in Student Success for the back-to-school season! Another 521 children were helped by other partnering agencies. How do we know? Just as we have done since 1915 with Christmas assistance, hundreds of agencies in the area were encouraged to register the names of familes in need who required assistance with school supplies. By cross-referencing the compiled list of over 2,187 registered children, the Co-ordination Service detected 171 duplicate applications! This saved the community $6,840 while allowing your donations to be distributed further to more families, helping thousands of children go back to school with the necessary tools to learn successfully. With one in five children in Ottawa currently living in poverty, the organizers expect the demand this year to be greater. Let’s give every child the chance to go to school with their heads held high! “As parents, we appreciated so much your warm-hearted offer of a backpack filled with assorted school supplies last summer. I’d like to say ‘Thank you so much’! Your backpack has accompanied our son every day going to and back between the home and school this last year. Every inch of progress my son has made this year was helped by the contributions of your fantastic Sharing in Student Success program!” – Parents of a 2015 Recipient |
Going back to school with their heads held highChildren who are reduced to carrying supplies in a plastic bag and wearing torn shoes can easily become targets of bullying and intimidation. Children just want to fit in and feel equal to their peers. With the cost of living what it is today, our program will ease a lot of already-tight budgets and will ensure that children go back to school with their head held high! Give them hope! The Sharing in Student Success Program accepts donations all year round. |
How did it go in 2016?
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Total number of applications for assistance: | 2,632 | 2,189 | 2,248 |
| Total number of duplicate applications found: | 171 | 86 | 97 |
| Children helped by some of our partnering agencies: | 396 | 521 | 729 |
| Total number of children on the Caring and Sharing Exchange list: | 2,065 | 1,582 | 1,519 |
| Children helped with a backpack and supplies from the Caring and Sharing Exchange: | 2,065 | 1,582 | 1,519 |
| Number of children left unhelped: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
