GJP Hosts Back-2-School 2009 to Serve Community and Client Families
The Georgia Justice Project hosted Back-2-School 2009 on Saturday, July 25th. GJP launched Back-2-School two years ago to help our client families be prepared to start the school year. By supplying backpacks, school supplies, health and dental screenings at the GJP carnival event, we are helping children get their school year started right.
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Thanks to the volunteers, contributors, and all of our sponsors. Your support and dedication help make Back-2-School such a success!
The program, designed to facilitate academic success against staggeringly unfavorable odds, provides a safe and inviting event for GJP client families and those from John Hope Elementary School. The event concludes with the distribution of free backpacks and school supplies to the children in attendance. (John Hope students must be registered in school for Fall 2009 to attend.)
John Hope Elementary School and the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood is home to one of the city's largest underserved populations. Many at-risk families who live in the neighborhoods often experience violence, high truancy rates, health problems related to poor environmental conditions, and sub-quality schools. As you can imagine, these problems make it difficult for students to succeed.
A number of youth who enter the juvenile justice system come from this neighborhood because of these issues. The Back-2-School program is consistent with GJP's guiding mission—to encourage better support systems and services for children in families who are at-risk to the cycle of poverty and crime.
At this time, Georgia Justice Project is seeking corporate and community 
sponsorships for its Back-2-School program—an opportunity for positive community intervention. Not only does the Back-2-School event provide sponsors with a unique opportunity to reach children and their families residing in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District, but also a chance to associate their name and brand with a positive and influential effort to enhance the lives of children and families in the heart and soul of Atlanta.
Back-2-School Supply List
Georgia Justice Project also kindly accepts in-kind donations for the Back-2-School event. We are most in need of the following items, all of which will be used in the Back-2-School program.
Additional Accepted Items:
Stickers
Learn-to-Read Books
Learn-to-Count Books
Planners
Coloring Books
Time Management Calendars
Dictionaries
Soft Picture Books
Provide Supplies
For direct shipment or personal drop-off of supplies (any weekday, 9am-5pm):
Georgia Justice Project Back2School
438 Edgewood Avenue, N.E
Atlanta, GA 30312
Please Act Soon--Items need to be received by GJP no later than July 16th.
Questions? Call Ellen Green at (404) 827-0027 x217 or email GJP at ellen@gjp.org
To Donate
Individual sponsorship opportunities are available.
To Volunteer
If you would like to show your support for this event by volunteering, please complete the attached Volunteer Registration form by Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
Corporate Sponsorship Information
Click Here to learn about our Sponsorship Opportunities.
Children served by GJP and the students at John Hope Elementary share a common thread. They all live with risk factors to the cycle of poverty and crime. Many are already victim to it. This worthwhile effort providing these children with educational resources and supportive learning tools that are not only required for them to start school but will also encourage them to achieve academic success in the upcoming school year.
This is important because for most of these children, education is the only hope they have to overcome issues related to poverty. For more information about Back-2-School 2009, the family support programs of Georgia Justice Project, or your sponsorship, please contact Ellen Green, (404) 827-0027 x 217, ellen@GJP.org.