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MINNEAPOLIS – November 20, 2019 –The Kids In Need Foundation (KINF), a national nonprofit dedicated to providing free school supplies to students most in need, announces today that KINF’s Second Responder® program will donate student and teacher school supplies to an Orange, Texas elementary school impacted by tornadoes which devastated parts of North Texas in late October. The donation event, benefitting 600 students and 70 staff, will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. at Mauriceville Elementary (20040 FM1130, Orange, TX 77632).

The donation, part of KINF’s Second Responder® program, is part of an ongoing effort to support this Texas community following the damage caused by violent storms. Last week, Kids In Need Foundation hosted an event supporting a Dallas, TX elementary school, and this week KINF returns to the Beaumont area, which has received Second Responder® support following 2017’s Hurricane Harvey. The program operates during the recovery period following disasters and works with local authorities, schools, and select sponsors to help kids return to normal routines. It is the only national program of its kind.

“This school, this community, has been through so much with repeated storm damage, the destruction and its effect on learning is long-lasting,” said Corey Gordon, CEO of The Kids In Need Foundation. “We’re proud our Second Responder program can help ease the burden on families and teachers as they recover and can ensure that returning to the classroom means returning to normalcy.”

The event, sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, the 2019 National Sponsor of the Second Responder® program, will feature a giveaway presentation in the school cafeteria for all 600+ students and staff. Teachers will receive special tote bags of supplies for their classrooms including Sparkle® paper towels. Students will each receive new backpacks filled with much needed school supplies including pencils, markers, notebooks and more, as well as books courtesy of Scholastic Book Fairs.

“When a natural disaster strikes a school, it’s traumatizing for students and teachers, and school needs to a place where students feel secure and able to achieve again,” said Denine Torr, Dollar General’s senior director of Community Initiatives. “We are proud to partner with the Second Responder program to replace the critical supplies this school has lost and help them recover.”

To learn more about KINF’s help with disaster relief efforts, visit https://www.kinf.org/secondresponder/

About The Kids In Need Foundation

The Kids In Need Foundation’s mission is to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed in the classroom by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need. The Kids In Need Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1995, has distributed $1 billion in school supplies since the Foundation’s inception; and benefitted more than six million students and nearly 200,000 teachers in 2018. For more information, visit https://www.kinf.org/, and join us on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram: @KidsInNeed.

About the Dollar General Literacy Foundation

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education. Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded more than $72 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 11 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy, a general education diploma or English proficiency. To learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, visit https://www.dgliteracy.org/.

About Scholastic

For more information about Scholastic, view the Company’s media room mediaroom.scholastic.com and to learn more about the Scholastic Book Fairs, visit www.scholastic.com/bookfairs.