A glimpse inside the backpacks from Berkshire Hathaway
Little things make a big difference.
Recently, Precious Miller, Senior Site Coordinator at Hillside Middle School reminded us of this truth. She has been, like so many of our Communities In Schools site team members throughout 20 Kalamazoo Public School buildings, distributing school supplies to students who need them. Just the other day, she gave a student a binder. She didn’t think much more about it until she saw that same student moments later in the hallway. “Thank you again for the binder,” he said. “I feel perfect!” Precious noticed he had “the biggest smile on his face and seemed to be walking with pride.” Precious again told him, “You’re welcome” and wished him a good day. Later, she overheard him saying to a teacher, “I finally got a binder!” and noticed he continued to brag about his new item for school.
“In the day to day,” she says, “it’s good to remember how big of a difference we can make in a student’s self-esteem. Even if—to us—it is ‘just’ a binder.
Whether its erasers or paper, crayons and markers, scissors, glue, and backpacks, the list goes on. these ‘little’ supplies fuel our kids’ success. When our CIS staff hand out a school supply, the student knows the community cares, that you are behind them, cheering them on.
Thank you for helping our kids get off to a great start!
Berkshire Hathaway
Borgess Nurse Council
Bronco Express
Costco
Fetzer Institute
First United Methodist Church
Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis
Harding’s
Hiemstra Optical
Junior League of Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County Association of Retired School Personnel
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kalamazoo Public Library
Kushner & Company
Miller Johnson
Old National Bank
Stryker – Tax
Stryker Instruments – CXC
The River
TowerPinkster
West Kalamazoo Christian Church
WMU Lee Honors College
Zion Lutheran Church
And numerous individuals like Pat, James, Martha, Noelle, Jennifer, Kelly, Ward, Joan, Andrea, & Katherine
We were able to catch a few of you in the act of dropping off the much needed school supplies:
Old National Bank dropping off items to CIS as part of their “Tools for Schools” campaign.
Donation of school supplies from WMU Lee Honors College
Western students wrote notes and placed them inside the school packs.
Supplies received from Hiemstra Stuff the Bus
Thank you, Kushner & Company!
CIS Site Coordinator Melissa McPherson (left) is all smiles as Costco employees drop off some much needed backpacks.
Tags: back to school supplies, Berkshire Hathaway, Borgess Nurse Council, Bronco Express, CIS, Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo, Costco, Fetzer Institute, First United Methodist Church, Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, Harding’s, Hiemstra Optical, Junior League of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County Association of Retired School Personnel, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo Public Library, Kushner & Company, Miller Johnson, Precious Miller, Stryker – Tax, Stryker Instruments - CXC, The River, TowerPinkster, West Kalamazoo Christian Church, WMU Lee Honors College, Zion Lutheran Church
