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Volunteer

Creating Food Packs for Students

Each week three to four volunteers build weekend food packs for 96 food-insecure students.

  • Thursdays
  • 9:00 am - 10:00 am
  • Packing takes place in room 7

Classroom Assistance

Teacher assistants work directly with students per teacher direction. Teacher assistant volunteers may work with the same or different teachers during the year.

Reading Helpers

Help students strengthen their reading skills.

  • Work with students aged five and six
  • 8:00 am - 2:00 pm every school day

Donate

Donate Funds

 

In 2010 a Nutritional Snack Program Tax Credit was established for the food program at Homer Davis Elementary School.  Donations to the Nutritional Snack Program Tax Credit are used to pay for food purchased from the Community Food Bank and put in the 96 weekly food packs. Arizona Revised Statutes §43-1089.01 allows taxpayers a credit for contributions made to a public school for support of extracurricular activities. This is a dollar for dollar credit that is equal to the amount contributed. Rather than a deduction it is a TAX CREDIT. The tax credit is limited to $200 for single taxpayers or heads of household. For married taxpayers who file a joint return, the tax credited is limited to $400. You do not need to have a student enrolled in school to contribute!

 

Click HERE to donate to the Nutritional Snack Program Tax Credit.

 

 

 Snack Program Tax Credi

Donate Snack and Packaged Food

 

Snacks:

  • Austin Zoo Animals (2 oz., 36 pks.)
  • Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Snack Packs (1.5oz, 30 pk)
  • Cheeze-It White Cheddar Crackers (1.5 oz pouches, 45 ct)
  • Nabisco Ritz Bits Cheese Cracker Sandwiches (1.5 oz packs, 30 count)
  • Nabisco Handi-Snacks Ritz Crackers’N Cheesy Dip (.95 oz, 30 pks)
  • Snyder’s Mini Pretzels (1.5 oz, 60 ct)

Food:

  • Oatmeal packets
  • Belvita Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits
  • Cheerios, double-pack Costco or Sam’s
  • Nature Valley Biscuit Sandwich Almond Butter & Peanut Butter Variety Pack
  • 10 oz jars of peanut butter Individual applesauce or fruit cups
  • Individual containers of milk (low fat chocolate is acceptable)
  • Chicken salad kits
  • Spaghetti

Donate Toiletry Items

 

  • Toothpaste
  • Toothbrushes
  • Dental floss
  • Soap
  • Shampoo
  • Deodorant
  • Combs
  • Brushes
  • Acne products
  • Feminine hygiene products
  • Equate Lice shampoo

 

 

Donate School Supplies

 

Kindergarten:
Laminating pouches, play-doh, sheet protectors, possibly 55 plain white t-shirts (assortment of smalls and mediums and maybe 5 large).
1st grade:
Water colors, tempera paint, water color paper
2nd grade:
Expo Markers, laminating sheets, watercolors
3rd grade:
Expo markers, fat sharpies, astro bright paper (bright colors!), 1/2 inch clear view binders, white board erasers (magnetic), pre-sharpened pencils, highlighters
4th grade:
Tissues, expo markers, book tape, dispenser tape, art supplies, sheet protectors, dry erase slates
5th grade:
Expo slate markers, white copy paper, slates
Resource:
1 inch-1.5 inch binders, lamination sheets, copy paper, clear protective sleeves, mechanical pencils, highlighters, expos, sharpies, post-it notes/flags
Specials:
Computer lab volunteer on days 5 and 6 from 9:10-9:40, tissues, hand sanitizer, clorox wipes, expo markers, colored pencils, markers, printer paper

Sponsor School Spirit T-shirts

 

Every year we provide school spirit t-shirts for all children, faculty, and volunteers at Homer Davis. Students wear these on field trips and other outings away from the school.  Many of our student are so impoverished that this t-shirt becomes a regular staple in their wardrobe. The 600+ spirit shirts are printed with the sponsors’ logo on the back of the shirt and the school mascot logo on the front. The total cost of t-shirt production is approximately $ 2,500. We invite organizations or individuals to donate to the cost of the spirit shirts. This year we are looking for a second sponsor to join an initial sponsor in the amount of $1,250.

Donate to Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona

 

JPSA accepts donations of check, cash, stock, charge cards, etc. to support the Making a Difference Every Day: The Homer Davis Program.

To donate, or for more information, contact JPSA Community Impact Project Coordinator Arielle Shemesh at 520-577-5393 or ashemesh@jparizona.org.

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