Bucks County Opportunity Council, a local non-profit organization dedicated to reducing poverty is asking for community support for their 24th annual Back-to-School Drive.
Last year’s drive provided school supplies and funds for 160 students, helping them go to school with their heads held high and with the tools they needed to start the school year right.
Danielle Bush, Volunteer and Community Connections Manager from BCOC said, “If you have been shopping, you have already seen the school supplies lining the isles. For our families, who are struggling to become self-sufficient, this is an extremely difficult time filled with high anxiety and stress, because they simply are unable to afford the supplies their children need.”
BCOC is looking for sponsors to help their clients with a minimum of $100 donation per child. Preferred donations are in the form of gift cards, so they can shop together as a family, however, you can purchase and donate a backpack, school supplies, and a lunch bag.
Please drop off your donations to any of our four office locations: Bristol, Warminster (Serving Bucks Together), Doylestown, or Quakertown anytime between the hours of 8:30 am–4 pm. Deadline for donations is Friday, August 16.
For more information, or to sign up, please visit bcoc.org/supportus, or call Danielle at 215-345-8175×209/email dbush@bcoc.org.
BCOC is the lead anti-poverty, non-profit organization in Bucks County, dedicated to ending poverty by connecting people with the resources they need to thrive.
BCOC has five major program areas: Housing, Food, Weatherization, Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) and the Economic Self-Sufficiency (ES) Program.
Housing includes street outreach, rental and move in aid, and utility shut-off prevention. Food services supply food directly to families through a network of 74 food pantries and distribution sites. Weatherization services help families in reducing their energy costs. VITA provides free income tax preparation assistance. The ES Program assists individuals and families to leave poverty permanently through case management, education, and employment.
For over 59 years, the Opportunity Council has served low-income families in Bucks County by helping them to stabilize when in crisis, garner resources to achieve a livable wage, gain additional education and training, and work towards economic self-sufficiency.