Our vision is to work collaboratively with teachers and educators in the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex to identify students in need of assistance. The Schoolbags project will provide pre-packed school bags to students.

While we will begin in the DFW metropolitan area we will seek to expand to other major cities with the state of Texas. As the program expands we will cross state borders to neighboring states with the objective of becoming a nationwide organization.

We seek to reduce the socioeconomic disparities resulting from the lack of supplies and materials other schools readily possess. Our target age of the participants in the project will range from 4 to 24 years old. We are determined to change the lives of students one bag at a time.

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Christian Thomas,
Executive Director, Mentor