Deadline approaches for grandparents raising grandchildren for free school supplies
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Applications are set to close on Sunday for Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren to receive free fall school supplies.
Sunbeam Family Services is providing school supplies at no cost to grandparents who are raising their own grandchildren in the absence of parents in the home and live in central Oklahoma. Applications for this program close Sunday, June 23 at 11:45 p.m. and the supplies will be distributed before school starts.
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Grandparents raising their grandchildren have so many things to worry about without the added burden of how to pay for school supplies.” said Destyni Trayler, senior program director. “We hope to help alleviate some of the stress around back to school shopping by providing basic school supplies and backpacks to grandparents who qualify.”
Sunbeam’s Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program provides pre-qualified grandparents with school supplies for their grandchildren. Each grandchild will receive a backpack and school supplies may include pencils, pens, ruler, crayons or markers, glue, paper, folders and highlighters.
This program is made possible by Sunbeam Family Services, Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office and TRIAD Volunteers.
For more information to apply, visit here. For more information email carenavigator@sunbeamfamilyservices.org or call (405)-605-7090.
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