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TEXAS YES Project prepares students, teachers for a successful new year Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
Kataleya Rodriguez, a second grader at Patlan Elementary School is all smiles after receiving a batch of school supplies thanks to a statewide and non-profit initiative.
(Seguin) -- Students at four Seguin ISD elementary schools are starting the new year with extra tools for success thanks to the TEXAS YES Project. Nearly 1,600 students at Jefferson Avenue Elementary, McQueeney Elementary, Patlan Elementary, and Rodriguez Elementary recently received a “Box of Dreams,” -- a kit filled with “supplemental school supplies.” Cari Richardson, one of the founders of the TEXAS YES Project and a current board member, was on hand for Friday’s distribution. Richardson shared how the program first got started. “Twenty-nine years ago, my parents and I sat in a boardroom and wanted to give back to the community. We had been business leaders
in this community. We had a fast food company and wanted to give back so really my parents wanted to give back through education and created this project to give school supplies and that first year, we gave, 2,500 students free school supplies and thought that we would hit the need in the San Antonio area pretty quickly and 29 years, we still haven’t been able to serve everyone who are in need. So, we continue to grow and seek out our friends and we get donations and growth this project every year. It’s now across the state. We serve, I think, it’s 180,000 students across the state of Texas,” said Richardson. Richardson says the organization’s mission not only just benefits students, but also their teachers. YES, pg. 4