This box at the University Dollar Store (Spruce Street between 47th and 48th) is lonely. Stop by and help fill it up during the Henry Lea School supply drive.
With the school year approaching (public schools open on Sept. 6) and the school budgets shrinking, The West Philly Coalition for Neighborhood Schools is organizing a school supply drive for the Henry C. Lea School (4700 Locust St.).
Community members can drop of new, unopened supplies – everything from pencils and glue to notebooks and backpacks – to the University Dollar Store on Spruce Street between 47th and 48th and the St. Mary’s Church at 3916 Locust Walk (push the buzzer at the red door). There are boxes waiting at both locations.
In particular, the school needs:
• pencils
• pens
• pencil cases
• pencil sharpeners
• crayons
• markers
• spiral notebooks
• loose leaf paper
• two-pocket folders
• books bags
• protractors
• compasses
• composition notebooks
August 11th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Will do! Lea Elementary can also post its needs on DonorsChoose.org for a much broader audience looking to help within the local community.
September 6th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Thanks Theresa! WPCNS has already helped to publicize and fund four Lea projects through Donor’s Choose in the last year. This month, community members can vote EVERY DAY to fund a Lea Donor’s Choose project through Sonic’s Limeades for Learning program: http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/projects/view/626764/teacher
Right now Lea’s project has the most votes of any project in Philadelphia and is currently trailing projects from Plymouth Meeting and York to become the most popular in the state. Sign up with Limeades for daily vote reminders to help kids in West Philly!