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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A twelve schools successful request successful Fresno County were fixed bikes and backpacks filled with schoolhouse supplies connected Thursday.
This was made imaginable by the non-profit Cornerstone Community Cares, an limb of the Cornerstone Church, which provides food, showers, and apparel each year-round.
Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michele Cantwell-Copher says the supplies assistance acceptable the kids up for success. She says for immoderate families, basal schoolhouse supplies are a debased precedence compared to trying to marque rent oregon putting nutrient connected the table.
"I've seen tears travel to grown men's eyes due to the fact that they say, Yeah, my lad is going to get a caller bicycle, and that's what I privation him to have," says Cornerstone Church Pastor Jim Franklin.
Franklin says that done incentives decided by the school, similar attendance oregon speechmaking programs, 2 students volition each get a motorcycle each quarter.
"It's not conscionable that we anticipation that it will. We person the statistic that it does. We've seen successful the schools that we've gone to that, statistically, erstwhile they usage them arsenic incentives for attendance, attendance has jumped up. Reading has jumped up," Franklin said.
Paired with the shiny caller bikes are helmets donated by the California Highway Patrol.
"There's nutrient insecurity, there's homelessness, there's home violence, determination are conscionable truthful galore challenges. And honestly, a kid conscionable needs to cognize that caring adults judge successful them and are investing successful them and attraction astir them," said Michele Cantwell-Copher, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools.
Over the holidays, Cornerstone Community Cares works with teachers to place students and their families who could usage a small other love, Christmas presents, and nutrient for vacation meals.
"We'll container up large Thanksgiving meal for them, turkey and each the fixings," Franklin said.
At the extremity of the year, 1 peculiar Fresno County pupil volition beryllium selected for a tract travel to the section trampoline park: different mode to marque the students consciousness seen, consciousness special, and that they person each the tools they request to beryllium successful.
