Our Programs
The purpose of the Foundation's School Supplies Programs are to ensure that children of families in poverty start the school year with the tools they need to be successful, feeling prepared and ready to learn.
Set-Up Before Backpack Assembly
Backpacks and recipients before Mass in honor of George & Bernadine Fellner
Grades 7 & 8
Set-Up Before Backpack Assembly
Holy Family Parish
School Supplies Assistance Program
The Foundation is working in cooperation with Fr. Fernando Cornejo, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Marikina, Philippines and Ana Aquino Navarrete, head of the Parish Council. Holy Family screened the applicants and the Foundation approved 260 children for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Foundation purchased the backpacks, grade-appropriate school supplies, and shoes, and distributed them together with a hot lunch of spaghetti to the targeted children in grades 1 through 8 on the morning of July 29, 2023. Maria Concepcion Sandi, a member of the branch of the Foundation located in the Philippines, is the liaison with the parish.
San Isidro Labrador Parish
School Supplies Assistance Program
The Foundation is working in cooperation with Fr. Lody Garcia, pastor of San Isidro Labrador Parish in Marikina, Philippines and Fe Cabaltera, head of the Ministry on Social and Human Development. San Isidro Labrador screened the applicants and the Foundation approved 100 children for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Foundation purchased the backpacks, grade-appropriate school supplies, and shoes, and distributed them together with 3 kilos of rice and treats for the targeted children in grades 1 through 10 on the afternoon of July 29, 2023. Marilyn Sandi Manuel, a member of the branch of the Foundation located in the Philippines, is the liaison with the parish.
Parents and students ready to receive their backpacks, rice and treats
Backpacks ready for distribution
Student receiving rice and treats
Parents and students ready to receive their backpacks, rice and treats
St. Linus
School Supplies Program
The Foundation worked in cooperation with Ms. Thu Do, principal at St. Linus School in Norwalk, California.
Each of the 34 children in the 2022-2023 program was given a backpack filled with grade-appropriate school supplies. The Foundation served the children during the back-to-school season and distributed the backpacks filled with supplies in time for the first day of school. The exact supplies in the backpacks were specified by the teachers at each grade level. In addition, in the 2022-2023 school year, the Foundation provided $100 vouchers to each child in the program to go towards the purchase of their school uniform.
St. Linus
Weekend Food Program
The Foundation purchased, sorted, and bagged food for 24 children from grades K through 8 at St. Linus School in Norwalk, California during the Spring semester of the 2021-2022 school year.
The Foundation worked closely with Ms. Thu Do, principal at St. Linus, to communicate to the targeted parents at the beginning of the program and during the school year if any changes were necessary. The teachers and staff ensured that the parents and/or students picked up the bag of food every Friday. At the end of the school year the teachers and parents were surveyed to determine what worked and areas for improvement for the program.
