Salisbury, MD… Wicomico County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (WCNAACP) will host its 8th annual Back-to-School Rally from 1:00pm to 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 1st, at the Salisbury Middle School, Morris Street, Salisbury, MD.
This program encourages each child to begin the school year ready to work and learn. In addition to entertainment and a motivational speaker, each student will be given a bag of school supplies. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible to receive school supplies. For more information, contact Mary Ashanti at 410-543-4187.
The WCNAACP is accepting monetary donations or school supplies, with the goal of providing at least 300 students with supplies. Supplies can be delivered to Sojourner-Douglass College at 408 Coles Circle, Suite D, Salisbury. For financial contributions, you may write a check payable to Wicomico County NAACP; mail to P.O. Box 1047, Salisbury, MD 21802.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in public and private sectors.
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4 comments:
I think the naacp should be done away with.
Why?
I assume this is just for black kids? Guess they will all get a new Obama phone in their goody bags.
Actually no its not just for black kids.. I was able to get my son a backpack and supplies last year and it was a big help, and im white. Black white hispanic children were all their when i went.
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