H.O.P.E. Fest, A Back to School Festival!
Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 11:01PM 
Alright everyone, the hustle, bustle and frenzy of back to school is upon us however I have great news and a celebration you will for sure want to mark on your calendars! This Sat. Aug. 27th from 11am-5pm, The H.O.P.E. Foundation is sponsoring a Back To School Festival and you get FREE lunch too! There will be so many different vendors there, backpacks will be given out, of course everyone gets school supplies and even prize drawings for a couple of bicycles, a skateboard and much much more...no one will leave empty handed! There will be different arts & crafts stations for all ages, a bounce house, health care information and screenings, fingerprinting for your kids and a time to come together as a community to help support our kids while giving them a safe and fun afternoon!
If you would like to donate any supplies we can never have enough! So if you happen to stop in to one of those big stores, you know the ones I mean...where folders are only 1cent or crayons are 25cents or...well, you get the picture and you're able to purchase 1 or 2 items or maybe even more... Please bring them with you to the check-in table when you come in and we'd be happy as well as grateful to take them off your hands and find them a happy home with some extremely deserving kids! This is especially true for backpacks, we have a shortage of backpacks so unfortunately not everyone will get one, each child will have a bag to put their school supplies & goodies in but some won't get an actual backpack, sad I know but "WE" as the community can change that so that every child walks out with one! :) Ask your friends and neighbors to get involved, heck maybe you can't afford a backpack on your own to donate but if you've got a group of friends you can divide that $15 between all of you and its only $3, $4 or maybe even less than that and that is do able!
Let's make this an amazing afternoon and get the kids extra excited to go back to school!
Date/Time/Location- Saturday Aug. 27th from 11am - 5pm at Stevenson Elemetry School 515 Lime Ave LB
For other questions please email Pam at foundhope2009@gmail.com (562-506-3606) or Marie at misdamarie@yahoo.com (562-682-6902) or click on the flyer above...HOPE to see you all there and THANK YOU in advance for all of your generosity, change begins one person at a time!
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The Catalyst Network of Communities (aka Catalyst Long Beach, Inc.) is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.