Tools For School brings out DuPage Township families

DuPage Township on Thursday distributed over 450 backpacks and hosted over 550 residents of DuPage Township during its annual Tools for School.

“The township is pleased to help our families start a successful school year,” said Township Supervisor Lori Marschke.

The back-to-school festival included family resources and free haircuts by the students of Midwest Barber Academy. Bolingbrook Park District set up their portable climbing wall and provided rides on their trackless train. The Fountaindale Public Library brought the Book Mobile.

Levy Center’s senior volunteer group We Snap Crackle and Pop provided over 600 hotdogs, bags of chips and bottled water. Summer Bridge camp counselors offered temporary tattoos. New this year were balloon artists, Be Amused Too and balloon décor by H&H Creations. The tattoos and balloons were made possible by a generous donation from Cody/Braun & Associates.

Event goers received a Scavenger Hunt Bingo Sheet to encourage visiting the resource tables. Completed sheets entered a drawing for family friendly prizes; these prizes included Pelican Harbor pool admissions, play cards for Scene 75 and discount coupons to Wilderness Falls.

Participants included Bolingbrook Fire and Police Departments, DUCAP, DuPage Township Food Pantry, First American Bank, Heart Haven Outreach, Grand Canyon University, Lutheran Child & Family Services, Marquette Bank (Bolingbrook), Scene 75, South Suburban Immigrant Project, Transforming Lives Academy, VNA Health Center, Will County Center for Community Concerns, and Will County Health Department/Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

On Tuesday, additional backpacks were delivered to VVSD elementary schools: Oakview, Tibbot and Wood View.