QUEENS, NY – With the new school year around the corner, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is urging Queens residents to donate backpacks and other school supplies as part of “Project: Back to School,” an annual drive organized by the Coalition for the Homeless that provides homeless children with backpacks filled with the items they need to succeed in the classroom.
“According to the Coalition for the Homeless, nearly 115,000 New York City schoolchildren experienced homelessness at some point last year,” said Borough President KATZ. “Let’s make sure all kids have a chance to get the school year off to a good start with the supplies they need.”
“The Coalition for the Homeless has been thrilled to partner with Queens Borough President Katz in Project: Back to School for the past six years,” said DAVE GIFFEN, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless. “The backpacks and school supplies so generously donated by the people of Queens help level the playing field for homeless girls and boys, allowing them to walk into that first day of school fully equipped and ready for class. More than 21,000 children will sleep in in NYC homeless shelters tonight, and so we are truly grateful to BP Katz for her dedication to helping so many of them start the new school year off right.”
Borough President Katz’s office is accepting donations of new backpacks and other school supplies now through Wednesday, August 28 at Queens Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens. Donations will be accepted on the first floor of Borough Hall in a box located just inside the front entrance in the main lobby.
無家可歸者聯盟說，除了背包外，可以捐贈的物資還包括#2鉛筆、硬鉛筆和軟鉛筆盒、鉛筆磨刀、蠟筆（24個計數盒）、彩色鉛筆、可洗標記、埃爾默膠水、膠棒、構圖筆記本、活頁夾、規則紙、安全剪刀、口袋檔夾和科學計算機。
Donations dropped off at Queens Borough Hall are anonymous and are not tax-deductible. All donated items will be distributed to homeless children throughout New York City.
The Coalition for the Homeless provides food and clothing, eviction prevention, crisis services, permanent housing, job training and youth programs to thousands of homeless New Yorkers each day. The Coalition also advocates for proven, housing-based solutions to end homelessness.
This is the sixth year in a row that Borough President Katz is partnering with the Coalition for the Homeless to host a “Project: Back to School” drop-off site at Queens Borough Hall.
乘坐E或F地鐵線路到邱園-聯合特恩派克站，乘坐公共交通工具可以很容易地到達皇后區大廳。
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