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On-Site Contacts:
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Darcy Clardy | 608-658-5290 darcy.clardy@operationhomefront.org
Back 2 School Illinois to Partner with Operation Homefront to Distribute Free School Supplies to Peoria Military Families
PEORIA -- Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI) is partnering with Operation Homefront to distribute hundreds of free school supply kits to underserved Peoria area students at the 182nd Airlift Wing on Sunday afternoon, as part of the educational non-profit’s distribution program. B2SI’s statewide initiative provides essential supplies and resources to children of active and reserve members of all branches of the U.S. armed forces, in an effort to meet the educational needs of those students.
Sunday, Aug. 5th from 2PM – 4PM
182nd Airlift Wing
2416 S. Falcoln Blvd. | Peoria, IL 61607
Underserved students whose parents serve in the U.S. armed forces will pick up their free Back 2 School Illinois kits at Sunday’s event.
Back 2 School Illinois runs the largest free school supplies program in Illinois, providing children from low-income families with its signature kits, filled with the tools students need for success in the classroom while lessening the financial burden felt by their families. Back 2 School Illinois partners with community organizations, including Operation Homefront (since 2013) and the USO, to facilitate distribution events that deliver the materials directly to the children they serve.
About Back 2 School Illinois
Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI) is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to provide educational opportunities that enrich the lives of Illinois children. B2SI operates the largest free school supplies program in the state, which serves to equip children of low-income households for success in the classroom while lessening the financial burden felt by their families. The Back 2 School program has provided more than 200,000 children with their own school supply kit since its inception. The long-term goal is to provide the more than one million Illinois children from low-income families each year with the school supplies they need to succeed in the classroom.
B2SI also provides college scholarships to deserving high school seniors each year.
In the summer of 2018, B2SI launched Back 2 School America, which is aimed at providing Back 2 School kits to children across the USA.
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Operation Homefront is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military
families so they can thrive — not simply struggle to get by — in the communities they have worked so hard to
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