Supplies donated
Nancy Horst, Special to the Gazette
Friday, August 22, 2008
An Emporia businessa and a state organization want to make sure Emporia students have the supplies they need to start the school year.
This month, boxes and bags of supplies have been donated to Emporia’s elementary schools by Reeble’s Country Mart and Price Chopper in Emporia and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Kansas Society Sons of the American Revolution.
Members of the KSSAR Ladies Auxiliary delivered boxes and bags of school supplies and clothing to the district central supply warehouse earlier this month. Donations included backpacks, paper, notebooks, pens and pencils, glue, crayons, markers, scissors, and some clothing. The supplies were divided among nine schools — the early childhood, elementary and intermediate schools.
Brad Durbin, a manager at the Reeble’s and Price Chopper stores, also has delivered bags of notebooks, crayons, glue and pencils to five elementary schools. Most were distributed to students during the school open houses earlier this month. He said the stores also will donate several backpacks later this week loaded with supplies, snack, bottled water and juice.
“We hope to do this every year. It’s one way the new owners want to give something back to the community,” he said.
Kay Littlepage, County Mart regional manager, said the Emporia stores have been running a backpack promotion and the owners ordered extra to give away to schools. The stores want the schools to distribute them as they see the need.
This is the second annual school supply donation from the KSSAR Ladies Auxiliary. The Auxiliary meets in Emporia four times a year at the same time as the KSSAR Board of Governors.
gogreen (anonymous) says...
too bad walmart wouldn't donate all the left over school supplies they have
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