August
1, 2013
Dear
Friends,
Many of
you may already be aware that the Philadelphia School District is strapped for
money. What
this has meant for the public schools is very deep cuts on everything including
no secretaries in any school, schools closing and no money to purchase much
needed supplies for the students.
My
office had a clean-up day last week and the office collected unused office
supplies (i.e. binders, pens, file folders) and donated to a couple local public
schools. Chester
Arthur and E.M. Stanton Elementary Schools were thrilled. They told me that
binders are too expense so they were not purchasing them.
In
addition, I made an personal gift of $50.00 worth of school supplies. For
$50.00 I was able to purchase 20 notebooks, 4 hand
sanitizers, 48 pencils, a multi-pack of post-it notes, 20 elmer glue sticks,
tissues and wet wipes. All these things are much needed
supplies. (Staples
is having a back to school sale. The notebooks were 50 cent
each!)
I would
like to encourage everyone to help our local public schools, help the children
be able to have the supplies they need.
These
children are our future. They deserve to have what many may just take for
granted – a pen, a pencil, a notebook. Both
schools have a wishlist, but they will also take monetary donations or gift
cards.
E.M.
Stanton has created a wish list for school supplies on
amazon.
Chester
Arthur has two wish list on Amazon:
Beautification
Effort: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/HMSLESNX3M53/ref=cm_sw_su_w
You can
either purchase directly from Amazon or purchase from other places. I know that
right now Staples has many things at slightly better prices like the notebooks
for a limited time.
To
learn more about these schools:
E.M
Stanton
Chester
Arthur
In
addition, I was told copier paper is a much needed item which is not on either
wish list.
If you
would like to purchase supplies from other sources, you are welcome to deliver
them to me and indicate which school they should go to.
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