Global Hope in Chicago Public Schools

Below is a short clip from the website of Global Hope (www.globalhope.org) that details their mission of aiding Schools Count Corp as we brought needed supplies to CPS schools a few weeks ago. Global Hope has all sorts of interesting initiatives and they serve a wide range of communities in many parts of the country as well as locally. Partnering with Global Hope has truly been a pleasure!

GH Teams Up with Schools Count to Deliver Supplies to Chicago Public SchoolsOn August 19th & 20th, 22 pallets of school supplies were distributed to 15 Chicago Public Schools, serving nearly 7,000 students. Anna Albrecht and her team of GH volunteers devoted two days to delivering these supplies to the schools with the greatest need (a large percentage of homeless and low-income families).

Dick Flesher of Schools Count, a retired educator with a "get-it-done" attitude, bypasses bureaucratic obstacles and works directly with school principals. He takes and fills their orders by recycling used school supplies from area schools as well as purchasing new supplies where needed.

We support him in his passion for "starting all kids out on the right foot at the beginning of the school year". Anna, Jack, Caroline, Jim, Dickie, Teri and Mary worked with Dick's many volunteers from Schools Count to complete this ambitious project. Aside from the satisfaction of helping so many, they had the added pleasure of meeting appreciative staff members at several schools. The experience, our team reports, was "priceless".