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Rainbow
Days 20th Annual Back-to-School Celebration will occur
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 from 1:00 p.m-3:00 p.m. at Dallas
Market Center located at 2200 N. Stemmons Freeway in North
Hall. The children will enjoy entertainment, games and
refreshments while receiving new school uniforms and new
backpacks filled with school supplies – all to help give
them a fresh start for the new school year.
Rainbow Days is thankful for the partnership with Captain
Hope’s Kids and the Dallas Market Center who have
collaborated to make the event possible. The Dallas Market
Center has generously partnered with Rainbow Days since 1992
to host the annual Back-to-School Party. Captain Hope’s Kids
helps to provide two new school uniforms and backpacks
filled with school supplies for the majority of children in
attendance. This is a wonderful way to give children pride
in starting school and get them excited about learning.
The Back-to-School Party
is just one component of Family Connection, Rainbow Days’
award-winning program that offers a wide array of
comprehensive services for Dallas’ homeless children and
their families. Over 1,000 homeless children participate in
the Family Connection program throughout the year. Through
the program, which includes weekly support groups, monthly
family outings and arts events and summer camps, children
are given the confidence and life skills needed to make
healthy choices, overcome adversity and stay
drug-free.
“Every child should be given a reason to be excited about
going back to school,” said Cathey Brown, Founder and CEO of
Rainbow Days. “It’s not just the backpacks or the supplies
that they receive; it’s the sense of purpose and self-esteem
that we’re striving to build. We are grateful to our
generous supporters who will make this event another success
for over 400 homeless children this year.”
The Back-to-School Party is a program of Rainbow Days. Since
1982, Rainbow Days has inspired and prepared children to
live a life filled with hope and promise. To date, Rainbow
Days has served more than 120,000 children in the Dallas
Metroplex and trained more than 34,000 professionals in
facilitating award-winning life skills support groups and
programs. Rainbow Days relies on the generous donations of
hundreds of donors in the community to serve children in
need. For more information about Rainbow Days, please visit
our website at
www.rdikids.org contact us at: 214-887-0726.
Rainbow Days is proud to
be a United Way Service Provider. United Way of Metropolitan
Dallas is the largest non-governmental funder of health and
human services in Dallas, Collin, Rockwall and southern
Denton counties. Locally governed and volunteer-led, UWMD is
currently working to create long-term community impact in
the key areas of education, income and health. Visit
www.unitedwaydallas.org
to learn more.
The Back-to-School Party is closed to the public, but is
open to media. For more information, please contact Kelly
Wierzbinski at
kellyw@rdikids.org or 214-887-0726.
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