$200,000 worth of supplies donated to PB schools

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Hundreds of students successful Palm Beach County volition person free, caller schoolhouse supplies adjacent week acknowledgment to the yearly Tools for Schools program.

For the 20th year, Red Apple Supplies, the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County's escaped teacher assets store, partnered with Publix Super Markets to administer much than $201,000 indispensable schoolhouse supplies to teachers from 120 Title I territory schools.

Teachers and principals drove up to the Red Apple proviso store successful Riviera Beach arsenic aboriginal arsenic 8 a.m. to person the supplies from volunteers, forming a enactment agelong capable to wrapper astir the gathering and proceed down the street.

Volunteers loaded cars up with supplies portion others served blistery cocoa and sweets.

Education Foundation Chairman Jim Moore besides served arsenic a disc jockey for the lawsuit portion a barbershop quartet serenaded drivers portion they waited for the supplies. Santa Claus adjacent paid a sojourn to the event.

Palm Beach County Superintendent Michael Burke said the lawsuit is particularly needed with 1 successful 5 territory students astatine the poorness level.

"This goes a agelong mode to marque definite kids person the supplies they request to enactment successful the classroom," Burke said.

Dwayne Dennard, the main of Pahokee mediate and precocious schools, seconded Burke's words, emphasizing the request for supplies.

Dennard said 99% of the students successful his 2 schools are connected a escaped oregon reduced repast program, indicating a important fiscal need.

"Without these supplies, a batch of our kids cannot scope their afloat potential," Dennard said. "There are immoderate kids that we mislaid due to the fact that we didn’t person these types of supplies. It's a large accidental for parents and students with the mode ostentation is now."

The supplies distributed included everything from notebooks to headphones and more.

Burke said the supplies volition beryllium distributed to students successful schoolhouse adjacent week.