Uplift Wilco receives $100,000 from W.D. Kelley Foundation
From left, Keith Parker, JISD Communities in Schools site coordinator; Evelyn DeJesus, JISD social worker; Jane Medema, Purl Elementary School counselor; Gloria Casso, Family Support Specialist at Mary Bailey Head Start; Carl Illig, executive director of the W.D. Kelley Foundation; and Shannon Illig, operations manager of the W.D. Kelley Foundation, at the check presentation on August 17. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
Carl Illig, executive director of the W.D. Kelley Foundation, and his wife, Shannon, operations manager, spoke about the importance of the donation in providing children with school clothes.
As school starts back up, children in Georgetown and Jarrell ISDs will head to class showing off their newest clothes and shoes. Some of the outfits came together thanks to vouchers from Uplift Wilco’s Ready for School program, which allows students to show up dressed for success.
“We get to serve those students and their families through our Ready for School program, which used to be called …
