Preparing Young Minds It may have been a blistering hot summer day, but
The Baylor team handed out supplies donated by
thanks in part to volunteers from Baylor, 44,000
Baylor, including rulers featuring U.S. presidents,
DISD students weren’t “left out in the cold” when it
pencil packs and a list of healthy snack ideas.
came to being ready for the start of the school year.
up a sweat at the annual Mayor’s Back-to-School
“I loved seeing how happy and excited the kids were to get their school supplies,” said Debbie,
Fair—a collaboration between the City of Dallas,
an executive assistant at Baylor and one of those
state agencies, local organizations and those with
participating in the massive effort. “Some said, ‘Thank
a kind heart willing to give up part of their weekend.
you.’ Others didn’t say anything—they just had a big
At the free event, thousands of kids received school
smile, and sometimes that means more than words.”
Nine Baylor employees and volunteers worked
supplies, vision screenings, glucose screenings, dental cleanings, immunizations and haircuts. 23