The SBISD Council of PTAs’ annual School Supply Project has been rated a success once again. This year’s Back to School plan to buy, organize and deliver supplies to district students in need was led for a second time by project co-chairs Patty Busmire and Karen Peck.
In all, the School Supply Project and its 200 volunteers reached more than 6,500 students with supplies, which included more than 3,200 binders stuffed with paper, dividers, and spirals; 6,500 pouches, boxes and bags packed with crayons, pencils, pens and glue sticks, among other items; and other supplies ranging from composition books to map pencils and markers.
“Once again,” Council of PTAs’ President Diane Swan states, “Patty and Karen made it possible to provide supplies for so many children who might otherwise have started school without them.
“Their vision and hard work in stretching a dollar and in also involving a large number of students in helping other students made this year’s effort a success far beyond just the delivery of supplies.”
Spring Branch volunteer groups donating time, money or other items included the National Charity League Bayou Villages and Houston Hearts; Memorial High’s Honor Societies and Mustang Outreach Bunch; Nottingham Forest residents for donations to a fund-raising effort by two students; numerous campus PTAs; donations from Spring Branch Education Foundation board members; and several local congregations and community organizations. (9-13-07)