Littleton Public Schools’ East Community Center held its third annual Community Resource Expo this month, and the district’s write-up puts the turnout at about 175 attendees and 48 participating organizations and programs. The center, which the district describes as a place that works to bring people and resources together, built the morning around two goals: connecting families with information and services, and giving the organizations themselves a chance to meet and form partnerships.
The details are the kind that make a school event feel like a neighborhood one. The Littleton Elks Lodge provided free food. The Littleton Rotary Club supplied tote bags so families could collect materials as they moved from table to table. Nate Thompson, the district’s director of social, emotional and behavior services, ran the music as the day’s DJ. Student groups, LPS staff and community volunteers handled setup and kept things moving, and weekend rainstorms did not stop the morning from happening.
Why it matters
Resource fairs are only as useful as the number of people who show up and the number of organizations willing to staff a table on a weekend morning. Forty-eight is a lot of tables for a district of Littleton’s size, and the center’s public thanks went out to every organization, volunteer and community partner who came. The district did not publish the list of participating organizations or the exact date, so families who missed it can reach the East Community Center through Littleton Public Schools for details on next year’s expo.
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