Assemblywoman Young Kim (R-Fullerton) and community partners stuffed a school bus with more than $11,000 worth of school supplies to benefit underprivileged students in the Anaheim and Stanton areas today. Members of the community came out to donate pens, paper, backpacks, notebooks, crayons, tissues, rulers, and other basic supplies needed to help students and families who struggle to provide them.
“Every child deserves a quality education to help them reach their academic potential. Stuff the Bus is a grassroots effort that will help get basic school supplies in the hands of students and families who need them most,” said Kim as she and the community partners made the presentation of the donations at CM School Supply in Anaheim.
The supplies will be directed to students in Anaheim and Stanton. Nearly 90 percent of students in the school districts covering these areas receive free or reduced lunch, indicating greater need.
“Giving Children Hope is thrilled to partner with Assemblywoman Kim and community sponsors,” said Christine Sanchez, Director of Community Programs for Giving Children Hope. “The Stuff the Bus Drive makes a difference for our students and is another example of our community’s ongoing commitment to support Anaheim and Stanton schools.”
Other community supporters include Giving Children Hope; City of Stanton; St Jude; Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Grace Community Service; Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce; Disneyland Resort; St. Irenaeus Catholic Church; American Textile Recycling Services; Durham Transportation; and Livingstone CDC.
Two school districts refuse school supply donation
Assemblywoman Young Kim, R-Fullerton, said that political differences would keep two school districts from accepting donated school supplies meant for poor children living in Anaheim and Stanton.
Kim started collecting notebooks, pencils and other items from the public on July 31 as part of her first Stuff the Bus school-supply drive to benefit underprivileged children within the Magnolia and Anaheim City school districts.
“Administrators for Anaheim City School District told my staff that it would be ‘awkward’ to partner with me, due to my support for the parents of Palm Lane Elementary in their attempt to turn around their children’s failing school,” Kim said in a statement.
“Regardless of any disagreement on how to improve a failing school, I had hoped that we could at least agree that disadvantaged kids deserve the school supplies they need to succeed,” Kim said.
Kim represents the 65th Assembly District, which includes the communities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Fullerton, La Palma, and Stanton.
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Assemblywoman Young KIm (far right) and friends stuff a bus full of school supplies for needy children. Courtesy photo.
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