(Mount Vernon, Wash.) –– Skagit Valley College is partnering with local churches and
community service organizations to host the “Back to School Blessing” event this Saturday,
Aug. 17.
More than thirty local booths will be present. The event will be held from 9 a.m.-12
p.m. at Tollefson Plaza on the Mount Vernon campus. Entrance to the event will be
on College Way on the east side of campus next to McIntyre Hall. Peter Donovan, mayor
of Mount Vernon, will deliver a welcome message at 9 a.m.
This free event will offer resources to children grades K-12 for the upcoming school
year at no cost. Free resources available at the event include backpacks, haircuts,
clothing, activities, prizes, hotdog lunch, and access to local booths. Children are
required to be present in order to receive resources.
Resource booths at the event
Harvest Vision Ministries; Community Action of Skagit County; Reverie BBQ; Skagit
Connections; Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc (CEF); Skagit Gleaners; Skagit Valley
Blessings; Skagit Valley College; Bethany Covenant Church; Children of the Valley;
Inspire Development Center; Mount Vernon Police Department; Mount Vernon Fire Department;
YMCA; Northwest Barber Academy; Children's Museum; Helping Kids Grow; Skagit Public
Health; Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Club; Triumph Team Life Center; Mount Vernon City
Library; Family Promise; Catholic Community Services; Valley Montessori Preschool;
Inspire Studios; Sparc; Parent to Parent; Youth Net; Skagit Legal Aid; Let's Go Together
The event is sponsored yearly by local Christian churches and community service organizations
in Skagit Valley.
To learn more about the “Back to School Blessing” event, contact Skagit Valley Blessings,
at skagitvalleyblessings@gmail.com.
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Sofia Poulton, Communications and Social Media Manager