The San Antonio Independent School District and several donors partnered to donate school supplies to recent high school graduates.

Community members who want to support the effort are encouraged to donate new or gently used luggage and new dorm room essentials.

Volunteer opportunities are available every Saturday morning to help sort children's books.

SAN ANTONIO USAA awarded the San Antonio ISD Foundation with a $325,000 grant in order to help bridge the digital divide. The SAISD Foundation and SAISD, along with several local companies, including USAA, are making technology hotspots available to all students this fall so that they can continue to learn virtually. A spokeswoman for the foundation said roughly 60% of SAISD students did not have access to internet hotspots. The foundation and USAA are raising money for students who need that technological support. San Antonio District 5s per capita income is less than $14,000, and 54.6% of homes have broadband access needed to connect students with their online classrooms.

But not every student has been able to log on to virtual classrooms because they don’t have the technology or internet access. But things became more challenging when distance learning started and they didn’t have the technology they needed. “We were trying to get all four of them on one iPad, and so, that was really a challenge,” Martinez said. So far, the San Antonio Independent School District has already distributed more than 23,000 new Chrome Books and another 17,000 devices that the district already had to close the digital divide. SAISD: Students to receive additional resources at home amid school closuresThe SAISD Foundation is raising money to pay monthly service fees associated with broadband access and the district has been able to hand out 3,500 hotspots, but Geelhoed said the need is still rising.