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AboutKristine Cohn

For the past six years, Kristine Cohn has fulfilled her dream as an educator, former classroom teacher, and Regional Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education by joining the Kids In Need Foundation as their Senior Director of Development and Corporate Partnerships. She is leading the charge to acquire core school supplies and grants for teachers and their students across the country. As the Kids In Need Foundation tagline says, "School Supplies--Changing Lives!" Kris and her husband, Stuart, have six adult children and 18 grandchildren in addition to two rescue dogs: Jake, a Golden Retriever, and Cooper, a GoldenDoodle. The Kids In Need Foundation is a national 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1995. Kids In Need has earned the Gold GuideStar Exchange Seal, demonstrating its commitment to transparency, and has been given a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, indicating that it operates in a fiscally responsible way and outperforms most other charities in America. For more information, visit www.kinf.org. Join Kids In Need Foundation on Twitter at twitter.com/kidsinneed and Facebook at facebook.com/kidsinneed.

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Back to the Basics: Kids in Need Take Nothing for Granted

Posted by Kristine Cohn

Mon, May 11, 2015 @ 04:00 AM

By Kristine Cohn

At the Kids In Need Foundation (KINF), our mission is to help students learn and succeed by providing school supplies to kids who need them most nationwide. We are so thankful to be working with Voyager Sopris Learning for a third year!

students surprised by new backpacksAs the senior director of Development and Corporate Partnerships, I have the opportunity to work with Voyager Sopris Learning™ and other companies who want to change lives through the gift of school supplies. Many of the boys and girls we help have never received anything new in their lives, so getting a backpack filled with brand-new supplies is that much more exciting. Apart from the backpacks we distribute, KINF maintains 34 resource centers around the country, where teachers can go to get new notebooks, folders, and whatever other supplies their students need.

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Topics: General Education

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