Operation: Kid Equip’s long term vision is a community where every child’s basic needs are met. To accomplish this in the short term we provide free school supplies, books, hygiene and food items for children who are at-risk. To effect long term community improvement, we work to increase awareness of the issues facing school-aged children to help them succeed in school and in life.
Learn more about OKE »As you will soon read, Pat Kelly joined Operation: Kid Equip as a volunteer in April of this year. In that time, she’s been instrumental in the build out, stocking and coordination of the new Teachers’ Annex in Troy. If you’ve seen Pat in action, you’ll quickly know why she has become the Lead Annex Ambassador and helps run the day-to-day operations of the Teachers’ Annex. She’s passionate, caring and always willing to share a laugh. We’re happy to have her as part of the Operation: Kid Equip …
Thanks to the recent article in the Detroit Free Press and the morning news coverage on WWJ, we have been flooded with phone calls and e-mails from teachers wondering if their school is eligible to shop at the Operation: Kid Equip Teachers’ Annex & Operations Center. It’s a great feeling to hear from teachers working hard for the continued success of their students.
Operation: Kid Equip started about 5 years ago as a simple backpack program hoping to help about 100 kids in Oakland County. Since then, we learned …
These entries are written by Grace, one of our buildOn Summer interns. She has been instrumental in helping prepare the Operation: Kid Equip Teachers’ Annex & Operations Center for opening. She will also start working with direct family distributions through the OKE Operations Center.
July 24, 2010
“And it just keeps coming…we’re getting so much stuff now, we just don’t have enough room to put everything We’re getting down to the last week, and everything’s just falling into place. It’s amazing how much this place has transformed from …
Now we don’t have to use broken crayons
an Operation: Kid Equip Teacher Testimonial
Our students come to school without having the basics. Teacher’s pocket and any classroom supply budgets quickly disappear when a teacher is forced to spend their monies on pencils and paper. Not only do the students not have these supplies to use at school, but they do not have supplies to complete homework and projects at home.
These brand new supplies have helped with transition times. This is always a problem for many teachers. When extra time is spent …
