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Westlawn children start school year with new backpacks, school supplies

August 31, 2015 by Sue Vliet 1 Comment

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  • Families from Westlawn and nearby neighborhoods line up to receive free backpacks filled with school supplies. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Visitors check out the Milwaukee Fire Department's "Survive Alive House." (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Activities included a Bouncy House and live music. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Saloan Taylor-Sumlin paints Kamauri McCray's face, while Jayla Kelley and Jaronn Townsend look on. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Families were able to pick up new backpacks just in time for the coming school year. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Makylee Lee attends the celebration with her mom, Sparkle Lee. Mother and daughter have both spent a lot of time at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. (Photo by Sue Vliet)
  • Police Officer Tracey Geniesse hands out stickers and cards to neighborhood children. (Photo by Sue Vliet)

The Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, 5460 N. 64th St., distributed backpacks filled with school supplies to children who live in the Westlawn housing development and the surrounding community to help get their school year off to a good start.

“We are streamlining and strengthening our current programs to create a “conception to career” pipeline so that all children have a shot at success. Providing children with school supplies is just one way we can help kids succeed,” said Anthony McHenry, executive director of Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. The backpacks and school supplies are provided, in part, by a collaboration between U.S. Bank and Schoolhouse Supplies, a nonprofit organization.

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  1. AvatarLinda Sims says

    August 31, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    When was the event?

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