More than 3,500 Houston students started school today with much-needed supplies provided by the Houston Apartment Association (HAA).
The HAA collected more than 200 boxes of supplies during a massive citywide school supply drive it recently spearheaded. Hundreds of the HAA's 2,000 member properties participated in the school supply drive, which also raised $29,000 in donations for needy children. The donations were distributed through the Alliance of Community Assistance Ministry (ACAM) member agencies, which anticipate helping more than 10,000 children with the supplies and donations.
Diana Garbis, Executive Director of Humble Area Assistance Ministries received 38 large boxes of school supplies from the HAA drive.
"We are actually going to run way ahead of projections of children needing supplies at a time when donations are down," Garbis said. "This was a huge boost to our program."
The sentiment was echoed by Jean West Evans, Executive Director of the Emergency Aid Coalition.
"The Emergency Aid Coalition was thrilled to receive so many backpacks and school supplies for our Books & Backpacks distribution to clients' children!," she said. "The recent economic downturn had caused EAC to lose a donation on which we had counted, so we were worried about our capacity to provide for all of the students we had pre-registered. This generous donation from the Houston Apartment Association school supply drive means we will now be able to serve more deserving children."
About HAA: The Houston Apartment Association is a professional trade association that serves individuals and businesses involved in the ownership, construction, management, maintenance and operation of apartments and other rental dwellings in the Houston area. See www.haaonline.org for more information.
About ACAM: ACAM is a membership support organization committed to excellence in social services and capacity building for Community Assistance Ministries (CAMs) in the Greater Houston area.
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