Justin Park, Family Minister Director of Rock Point Church and Backpack Chattanooga volunteer delivers backpack to Melissa Foster’s Kindergarten class at Hardy Elementary
A backpack delivered by Backpack Chattanooga volunteers to 5,800 elementary students in Chattanooga
Hardy Elementary Kindergarten Teacher, Melissa Foster, discusses the contents of the backpacks with her kindergarteners
Members from Rock Point Church helps delivers backpacks to classrooms
Kelley Andrews, Project Manager of Backpack Chattanooga, and Kenneth Simpson, Interim Executive Director of Front Porch Alliance, pause to take a photo with thankful students at Hardy Elementary
More than 200 community leaders and volunteers devoted their Tuesday morning to personally deliver bright smiles and backpacks filled with school supplies to 5,800 students attending 10 Title 1 elementary schools located across Hamilton County.
The students that received backpacks and school supplies attended the following schools: Bess T. Shepherd Elementary, Clifton Hills Elementary, East Lake Elementary, Eastside Elementary, Hardy Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Hixson Elementary, Orchard Knob Elementary, Spring Creek Elementary and Woodmore Elementary.
The Back to School community outreach collaborative, The Nehemiah Project, is hosted by Front Porch Alliance. Since creating the project in 2000, the Front Porch Alliance, in partnership with a team of sponsors and volunteers, has equipped more than 85,000 Hamilton County Department of Education elementary students with the necessary supplies to start the new school year.
Community Partners of the 17th Annual Nehemiah Project: were City Church, Abba's House, Chick Fil A, J103, Anglican Church of the Redeemer, Salvation Army, Rock Point Church, New Monumental Baptist Church, Resurrected Baptist, Mt. Canaan Baptist Church, Dynamic Church, River Church, Catoosa Homeschool Co-op, Metropolitan Tabernacle, Covenant Transport, Net Specialties, Cop Church, Cadence Coffee, Office Depot, Walmart, Top Flight and The Gideon’s.