Business Leaders Call for Community Support to Raise Funds for School Supplies
ÁùºÏ±¦µä ISD is joining business leaders and community volunteers to launch Supply the Teachers, a nonprofit organization that brings business partners and community members together to raise funds for classroom supplies.
3M has donated more than $1.4 million in supplies for ÁùºÏ±¦µä teachers, which will be distributed as part of the launch.
Who: Paul Cruz, superintendent of ÁùºÏ±¦µä; Melinda McKenna, founder of Supply the Teachers; and Russell Bridges, government and community affairs manager for 3M
What: Launch of Supply the Teachers and recognition of 3M donation
When: 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18
Where: ÁùºÏ±¦µä Warehouse, 3701 Woodbury Drive
Background: With support from community volunteers, including more than 100 student athletes from the University of Texas at ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Supply the Teachers transformed about 80 pallets of donated 3M supplies into more than 6,300 gift boxes to distribute to ÁùºÏ±¦µä teachers. The district’s drivers will deliver the boxes to schools Friday, Feb. 19, through the end of the month.
In addition to the donation of supplies for ÁùºÏ±¦µä teachers, 3M volunteers with ÁùºÏ±¦µä students and provides financial support for STEM projects and the Project Lead the Way program.