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OPERATION BigBookBag
A Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority International Project in Partnership with the A.E.A.O.N.M.S., Inc.
Sorority and Shrine members make available, to selected
facilities across the nation, bookbags, notebooks, writing
and drawing paper, pencils and pens, dictionaries, thesauri,
rulers, glue, construction paper, textbooks, encyclopedia,
typewriters, computers and many other needed school
items. Made available also through the efforts of both
memberships is a nation-wide tutoring and mentoring
program designed for the benefit of the children housed
at said facilities.
The effective and overall implementation of OPERATION
BigBookBag serves as an invaluable resource to the children
by: (1) Affording children with quick and easy access
to reference materials and other studying aids and tools
that will help them in their educational endeavors;
(2)Providing the children with the means of completing
their homework assignments in order that they may remain
current and up -to -date on course projects and requirements
and (3) Assisting the shelters, centers, schools and
hospitals in their efforts to meet some of the educational
needs of the children and young adults housed at the
facilities.
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