Hello Friends,

It's August, which means students across Georgia are heading back to school. For many children, the beginning of school can cause both excitement and anxiety as they face new teachers, new peers, and often new schools. After a summer of stay-at-home orders and mask mandates, the anxiety of life during a pandemic is now extending to the difficult transition to virtual learning. We want to let you know what Inspiritus has been doing to help our kids succeed in this new academic year.

EMPOWERING STUDENTS

We are excited to share that 8 of our refugee girls have been admitted to the Global Village Project school for the upcoming school year. There they will receive an education tailored to the unique needs of refugee girls. The Global Village Project is a specialized, strengths-based academic program focused on the whole student. Our refugee girls who have been enrolled in years past became more confident and self assured.

PREPARING FOR A VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

Case workers and other staff have been spending the weeks leading up to school preparing families and children for the first day of virtual learning. We have assisted parents with registration, necessary testing, and securing devices and internet connection necessary for the virtual learning semester.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR FOSTER KIDS

Inspiritus is also working to support children in our foster care program. We have partnered with the Ticket To Dream Foundation to provide foster children with the school supplies they need to succeed as they return to school. Though times are hard for many families, heroes continue to emerge. For example, one Inspiritus foster family in Atlanta recently took in a family of seven foster children!

Inspiritus is grateful for heroes like these who allow the important work to continue.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

For many of our other families in our refugee and family intervention programs, providing the necessary school supplies can be another area of stress in addition to employment loss, eviction risk, or contracting the COVID-19 virus. This is where we need your help. Please consider supporting one of our kid's going back to school experiences by donating $100 today. This will ensure that backpacks and other necessary supplies are delivered to our kids, so they have what they need to stay on track with their studies.

From all of us at Inspiritus, thank you. We appreciate your support and so do the kids!

-Virginia Spencer
Vice President of Development