La Casa de Jenny Backpack Drive at Chapter 510
La Casa de Jenny backpack drive at Chapter 510!
Sign up to receive a free backpack with school supplies at their Backpack Giveaway event.
Each registered student will receive a backpack filled with age-appropriate supplies.
The goal is to support 200 students—registration is required, and spots are first come, first served.
This event will also include community resources, music, snacks, and more!
We can’t wait to see you there!
Event details:
When: Saturday, July 25th
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make / Believe 546 9th St, Oakland
ABOUT LA CASA DE JENNY
La Casa de Jenny was born out of our founder, Dr. Leslye Salinas, dissertation study where she realized that there was an unfilled gap for newcomer families. Teachers and administrators express that there was adequate support in the classroom and school setting to support the success of newcomer students. However, their families needed support because they were navigating an entire new world on their own and school staff did not have the right skill set or time capacity to be their support. As an immigrant herself, she understood and saw the need to support adults in their career and educational development as a route to their success in the United States. As adults, oftentimes we relate who we are as individuals to our careers and what we do for a living, and many immigrant adults experience an identity crisis when they arrive in the United States and are not only navigating a new world, but also discovering who they are without their career persona. La Casa de Jenny was founded with the intention to serve as a navigation center where not only are we partnering outsourcing for basic needs to be met, but we are also seeking and creating pathways and opportunities for newly arrived immigrants to have the adequate support as they navigate and acclimate to their new home. La Casa de Jenny is an ode to our founder’s late mother, who came to the United States to seek her own american dream and was unable to achieve that before her sudden passing in 2004.