The Kane County Regional Office of Education (ROE) recently co-sponsored Project Backpack, which is a community-based initiative led by Elgin Community College (ECC) and other event partners to benefit K-12 and college students in need by offering appropriate resources to start a successful school year.
Regional Superintendent Patricia Dal Santo strongly believes in helping create more equity in school districts. “A simple act as donating a backpack full of school supplies can be the one thing that pushes a child toward a love of school, giving them the encouragement, they need to have continued academic success throughout their academic career,” adding, “for the Kane County ROE office to be a small part of that is quite humbling.”
In 2022 Project Backpack impacted 1,700 students. These students reside in the school communities of U-46, District 20, District 300, District 301, District 302, District 303, EMSA, and Elgin Community College. Each bag includes school supplies kits and mental health/agency information. Bags were put together during the week of July 26 at Elgin Community College.
