CINCINNATI -

OneCommand, a customer marketing and loyalty platform provider for dealers, partnered with Project Connect, an organization that provides advocacy paired with specialized educational services and lifestyle enrichment opportunities for homeless children to ensure they get the most out of the current school year.

Officials highlighted that together the team at OneCommand and Project Connect helped homeless children in the Cincinnati area by providing notebooks, pens, paper and everything else needed to get a great start and finish to the school year.

The employees at OneCommand collected school supplies and donations in their Cincinnati corporate office throughout the month of August in support of this initiative.

“It is really great to see the entire OneCommand team working together and pitching in to support such an important initiative,” said Jeff Hart, president and chief executive officer at OneCommand.

“Education is a building block for our youth and without the proper tools and supplies, these students are not afforded the same opportunities as their peers,” Hart continued.

Founded in 1996, Project Connect is the Cincinnati Public Schools’ program aimed at supporting the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness.

Project Connect works to ensure academic success and school stability to school-age children experiencing homelessness, one of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population in America.

Officials said homelessness has a devastating impact on a child’s physical safety and health, mental well-being, and academic progress. Project Connect’s goal is to keep this most vulnerable population connected to their education by providing school supplies, uniforms, enrollment assistance, transportation, advocacy, tutoring, psychological assessment and support, summer programs, and enrichment activities.

Each year, Project Connect provides hundreds of homeless students with essential supplies for the school year.

“The children who benefit from annual school supply drives are so appreciative of each donation, large or small,” said Rhonda Lewis, school community coordinator at Project Connect.

“The community demonstrates, through giving, that they care about the well-being of children experiencing homelessness, and ensures education is a top priority. Giving just a little can go such a long way in affording these children with the same opportunities as everyone else and for this we are thankful,” Lewis went on to say.

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