With help from partners throughout the Keys, including businesses, community groups, many individual donors, and generous support from Publix, this year's "Stuff the Bus" campaign generated more supplies for local schools than ever before! The overwhelming amount of supplies gathered and purchased included over 2300 spiral notebooks, 2500 boxes of pencils, 4000 packages of loose leaf paper, and over 100 backpacks.
On Friday, September 25th, over two dozen United Way staff, board members, and dedicated volunteers distributed the enormous amount of school supplies between 15 schools up and down Monroe County to support students in need wherever they live and learn.
Locations served by the Stuff the Bus campaign include:
Key Largo Elementary
Coral Shores High School
Plantation Key School
Ocean Studies Charter School
Treasure Village Montessori Charter School
Marathon Middle and High School
Stanley Switlik Elementary School
Big Pine Academy
Sugarloaf School
Gerald Adams Elementary
HOB
Key West High School
Key West Montessori School
Poinciana Elementary School
Sigsbee Charter School
Thank you to everyone who donated! Your continued support enables to support our organization to support working families and children in need throughout our Keys community.
by Chelsea Wait
