School on Wheels is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless children in Massachusetts receive an education.

Details:

• Offer support from kindergarten to college
• People they help live in temporary housing (renovated nursing homes with 1 room for entire families to live, motels, camp)
• There are 6,000 unaccompanied youth in Massachusetts
• Average age of a homeless person in Massachusetts- 8 years old (37,000-50,000 of them)

What they need

• Number one priority — CASH
• NEW school supplies and backpacks
  • Pencils, pencil cases, loose-leaf paper
  • Younger students – craft materials: crayons, colored pencils, markers, etc.
  • Older students – scientific calculators, notebooks, etc.

Let’s join together and help bring the joy of education into every child’s life!