08/16/2026
🎒✏️ BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO CONFIDENCE!
What an incredible Back-to-School Fair for our COIPP families! ❤️
A huge THANK YOU to every partner, donor, and volunteer who helped make sure children in our community can walk through those school doors feeling prepared, confident, cared for, and ready to learn.
Because sometimes, “back to school” means much more than a backpack and a new notebook.
For families already carrying the weight of financial stress, family challenges, and the many realities that come with having an incarcerated loved one, the cost of getting children ready for a new school year can add another layer of pressure.
Our community came together to help lift some of that weight. 💙
🎒 School supplies
👟 Brand-new shoes
🧦 New socks
🍎 Meals for families
💈 Fresh haircuts
❤️ And countless hours of love, encouragement, and volunteer support
Research continues to show that children’s readiness for school is connected to their social-emotional development, self-regulation, health, and ability to learn. Children who enter school ready to learn are more likely to experience positive academic and behavioral outcomes as they progress through elementary school.
And that is why these seemingly simple things matter.
A child shouldn't have to worry about whether their shoes fit, whether they have the supplies they need, or whether they look different from their classmates.
Instead, they get to focus on being a kid.
They get to focus on learning.
They get to make friends.
They get to walk into school with their head held high. ❤️
✨ A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SLICOLOGY!
Slicology went above and beyond by providing haircuts for COIPP children AND children of our community partners! 💈❤️
There is something powerful about sitting in that chair, getting a fresh haircut, looking in the mirror, and seeing yourself looking your absolute best before the first day of school. It's not vanity. It's confidence.
When a child feels prepared, cared for, and confident in how they present themselves, that can support their sense of belonging, self-esteem, and social-emotional well-being as they enter a new school year.
Thank you, Slicology, for helping our kids start the year not only looking their best but feeling their best, too.
To every person who donated supplies, bought shoes, provided food, volunteered their time, gave a haircut, packed a bag, greeted a family, or simply showed up:
YOU helped make back-to-school a little lighter for a family who is already carrying so much.
That is what community looks like.
That is what showing up looks like.
And that is what COIPP is all about. 💙
Together, we are helping our children walk into the new school year prepared, confident, and knowing that their community believes in them. 🎒✨
