Cougar Cove

KHS Cougar Community: Urgent Request

The KHS Cougar Cove needs your immediate help! Supplies are extremely low for students in need!

Suggested items are listed below.

Please donate now, during the Donation Drives, and throughout the fall and spring semesters with items and/or a donation amount to keep services ongoing throughout the school year for students in need.

Additional Information:

Kempner High School (KHS) was given the opportunity to be one of the first FBISD schools to be recognized as an “Exemplary Partnership” campus. Since 2020, KHS and the Kempner PTO has partnered with FBISD Collaborative Communities/Shared Dreams to prepare and stock a room where students faced financial or challenging situation may receive immediate assistance.

We call our “Exemplary Partnership” Cougar Cove. Cougar Cove is meant to be a sustainable, ongoing, campus-wide program that will serve Kempner students. It is the hope of the KHS PTO that this program will help to remove a small burden from their family and let them know KHS and the KHS PTO care.

Cougar Cove is housed in Room 504 on the first floor and staffed by parent and community volunteers, with an approved FBISD background check. Cougar Cove will be open on Mondays and Fridays from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm during the school year, excluding school holidays.

We know that food insecurity and lack of school supplies and personal care items not only impact the health of our students, but also the ability to also be more focused on their education. This is the reason that the Cougar Cove provides food, toiletries, and school supplies free of charge to students that visit the Cougar Cove. As privacy and confidentiality are a priority in serving our students, we only ask for a student ID number for students who wish to be assisted. If you are in a situation in which this program will benefit you as a KHS student, we look forward to serving you.

The KHS KPO needs your support to keep Cougar Cove going strong and rely on donations. Please support the Cougar Cove, by donating non-perishable food items, toiletries, and school supplies. We look forward to accepting your donation as the KHS KPO strives to support our students and make our community a better place. School donations are accepted school year round submitted to the front office of KHS during school hours.

In addition, donation drives are held in the fall and spring.

Fall 2023 Donation Drive: October 9, 2023

Spring 2024 Donation Drive: Monday, February 19, 2024

Fall 2024 Donation Drive: October 21-25. 2024

Spring 2025 Donation Drive: February 3-7, 2025

If you have any questions about what is needed or any questions about the Cougar Cove, please contact kempnerpto@gmail.com.

Below are suggestions of what is typically needed in the Cougar Cove for students (all items are needed, in addition to high demand items). Bold items are in the highest demand.

Toiletries

Deodorant
Shampoo and conditioner
Lotion
Soap (bars, hand soap, body wash)
Toothpaste and toothbrushes
Dental floss
Acne products
Small packs of laundry detergent and laundry softener
Toilet paper
Travel size toothpaste, soap, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant
Dish soap
Detergent for clothing and fabric softeners
Feminine hygiene products (all sizes of tampons and pads)
We can no longer accept razors

Unexpired, Unopened, Nonperishable Food

Soup, chili, pasta, stew (cans, pouches or in a jar)
Vegetables (cans, pouches or in a jar)

*Green beans, kidney beans, pinto beans are not needed at this time. All other vegetable are requested*

Fruit (cans, pouches, in a jar, or plastic containers)
Pasta (macaroni and cheese, ramen, spaghetti, hamburger/tuna helper, etc.)
Pasta sauces
Rice
Reusable water bottles
Cereal or oatmeal (individual or full sized boxes)
Canned or pouch protein: meat (tuna, chicken, Vienna sausages, etc.)
Crackers (saltines, etc.)
Peanut or nut butters
Jelly and jam
Pantry essentials (flour, sugar, cake/muffin/bread mixes, evaporated milk)
Boxed non perishable milk (individual containers are preferred), sometimes referred to as UHT milk, can be liquid or powdered
Cooking essentials (oil, spices)
Disposable paper bowls
Disposable utensils
Bottled individual water
While we appreciate all donations, snacks (chips, cookies, candy, etc.) are not the focus of the Cougar Cove

School Supplies

School glue
Markers packs
Colored pencils
Poster board
Pens- not needed at this time
Pencils- not needed at this time
Notebooks- not needed at this time
Graph paper
Folders
Colored paper- not needed at this time
Composition books- not needed at this time
Printer paper
Backpacks

Support is Needed

This year, we are committed to supporting students thru Cougar Cove as well as Kempner staff and teachers. Your financial support will help Kempner PTO achieve our goal. You can safely process a tax-deductible donation via pay-pal following the link below

Pay Pal Link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BDGNQC5KLJTJ4

Cougar Cove is looking for volunteers to help for the rest of the school year. The Cougar Cove is located inside the school (room 504) and provides students (who have an immediate need) with food, personal care items, and school supplies at no charge to them. All items are donated by our Kempner community and local businesses. Below is the Cougar Cove volunteer signup link if interested.

Please help us keep Cougar Cove stocked with supplies.

You can drop your donations off with the receptionist any day of the week during normal school hours. Please visit Cougar Cove link at the top or https://www.kempnerpto.com/cougar-cove for more details.

All on campus volunteers are required to have a background check with FBISD.

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