The month before September is always a critical time in a child’s life. School is about to start, and the child wonders what the new year will bring. They hope that they can find new friends, and they are excited to meet their new teachers. They are a little nervous, but also full of hope. But, for some children in the inner-city, they have an additional burden to worry about. For them, school is a constant reminder of what they don’t have: backpacks, notebooks, or even pencils. Even worse, instead of being excited to learn, they enter school, waiting to leave. They enter school, without the supplies or confidence to succeed. Now, with the rising prices of school supplies affecting families and educators, your help is needed more than ever.

A little gift, given with love and prayer, can change this child’s life and future. We see it every year in our PowerPacks program. People like you give, and a child is given a backpack full of pencils, erasers, glue sticks, crayons and rulers. They’re also given another precious gift: activity books, and other age-appropriate materials that introduce them to a Savior who, two thousand years ago, was born in a manger. Kids like Jessica are given the chance to walk on another path; a path which leads away from the violence, drugs, and poverty that they frequently see around them.

How does this work? For a short video of Here’s Life Inner City’s PowerPacks outreach, please click here. We get school supplies, including the bookbags, at a major discount, and through local churches, we distribute the PowerPacks to the children who need them, while building relationships with their families in the process. Through just one bookbag, many of these families have their lives changed forever by the love of Christ! However, none of this is possible without your help.

One way you can help out is by going to this link to give a gift. For the price of $29.50, you can make a difference in one child’s life. For the price of $59.00, you can help two children! Another way you can help out is by praying for the children that will be touched and churches involved in this ministry. As the school year is set to begin, we pray that you will join us in giving these children a reason to smile on their first day of school, and a reason to hope. Click here to make a difference today!

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