Supplies Galore!

This is what our garage looks like after one day of collecting school supplies!!! And its just one side of the garage at that. This massive amount of supplies, stored at home, came from Hickory Creek Elementary, Napeville Central H. S., Elmwood Elementary, Glen Meadows Elementary, Lockports H. S., Lincoln Way East H. S., and Steeple Run Elementary.

There are literally thousands upon thousands of notebooks, binders, packets of loose leaf paper and folders, not to mention the tens of thousands of pencils, crayons, pens and colored markers. These supplies were destined for a land fill or garbage heap but, thanks to the generosity of the various schools, they will find their way to the Chicago Public School classrooms come this August.

We have already amassed six pallets of supplies (each pallet worth roughly $3500 in retail value) in our 'Go Green collection program. In other words we have nearly $21,000 worth of nearly new supplies donated to us for FREE!

We still have another 15-18 area schools that are donating supplies to Schools Count in the next two weeks. Needless to say, we will have a massive amount of supplies, along with new classroom resources we are purchasing from Walmart, to deliver to the CPS schools in mid August.

To all those who are part of this 'Go Green' initiative please accept my thanks for your efforts in getting our collection off to a fantastic start.

Dick Flesher