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A Bristol Township elementary school recently opened a room so students who are in need can get important supplies.
Mill Creek Elementary School in Levittown opened a donation room for students in November and December. The room allowed students in need get holiday food and gifts.
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“When we returned in January, I thought, ‘why stop there?’” said Joy Stickney-McDonald, the elementary school social worker. “I wanted to expand our efforts to a year-round service for our community.”
Some students were in need to school supplies and the district’s COVID-19 safety plan doesn’t allow sharing between kids to cut down on the spread of the virus. With all supplies having to be taken home at the end of the day, some students forgot their supplies the day, staff noted.
The donation room now is stocked with pencils, notebooks, crayons, erasers, and other school supplies, along with antibacterial hand wipes, hand sanitizers, clothing, and non-perishable food items such as pasta, canned vegetables and fruit, canned soup, and more.
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“Now more than ever, our students and families can benefit from a caring hand,” said Stickney-McDonald. “We are continuing a ten-month pandemic; families have been out of work and have had to adjust their schedules due to the hybrid model. We need to come together and support each other, first by meeting each student’s basic needs.”
The nonprofit Kamp For Kids, which become involved with the organization when they donated sensory boxes for students with autism earlier in the school year, brought two car loads of supplies, the Family Service Association of Bucks County donated soaps, combs, peanut butter, cereal, applesauce, pencils, construction paper and snack packs, and the United Way of Bucks County’s HELP Center provided additional school supplies including pencils, posters, dry-erase markers and index cards.
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Students are able to obtain school supplies, food, and clothing after obtaining parental/guardian permission.
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Editor’s Note: Publisher Tom Sofield is a member of the United Way of Bucks County Board of Directors.
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