School Supplies Drive

For Immediate Release
Contact: Craig Severinsen
(636)359-6909
Craig.Severinsen@gmail.com

Send Your Used School Supplies to Needy Children in Africa
Help Cape Verde Africa to Hold Annual School Supplies Drive

PROVO, Utah – March 24, 2011. Non-profit Help Cape Verde will hold their second annual school supply drive to help disadvantaged children in Tarrafal, Cape Verde this Tuesday, March 29. Last year Help Cape Verde put together 150 school supplies kits and aims for more this year. Everyone can participate and make a difference for children under the poverty line in Africa in two easy ways; you can donate your lightly used school supplies, or you can come and help collect the supplies.

“We do this supplies drive every year,” said Joshua Dance, Help Cape Verde Director. “The kids in Cape Verde don’t have much, and by donating used pencils, pencil sharpeners or notebooks you can literally change a child’s life forever.”

Help Cape Verde will be collecting lightly used pencils, pens, pencil sharpeners, notebooks, binders, folders, notebooks, and markers. The donated items will be packaged into school kits and sent to Tarrafal, Cape Verde.

“Many children in Cape Verde receive a poor education because of their limited resources,” said John Campbell Help Cape Verde CFO. “Simple things like pencils and paper can be expensive for a family or a single mother. There is a really great feeling associated with collecting school supplies and getting them over to Cape Verde. Promoting a child’s education is one of the greatest things person can do.”

Bring your supplies, yourself or both to 766 East 750 North #2 in Provo at 7 pm sharp on Tuesday, March 29.

For more information about the school supplies drive visit www.HelpCapeVerde.org. There is also a YouTube video explaining how you can get involved. You can find the YouTube video by searching for “school supplies drive for Africa” on the YouTube Website. You can also find Help Cape Verde on Twitter and Facebook.

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Help Cape Verde is a non-profit organization with the goal to help make Cape Verde Africa self-sufficient. Help Cape Verde has done various special projects in Cape Verde, including the creation and distribution of garden buckets, which allows the people of Cape Verde to recycle dirty water to grow healthy food for their family.

Help Cape Verde always seeks the input of the people they serve to decide on what service to perform. This enables the people receiving the service to truly receive what they need. You can help make a difference by donating to Help Cape Verde. To donate or to find more information about Help Cape Verde please visit www.helpcapeverde.org.