Last Updated on July 17, 2024
For the past nine years Charlestown residents have generously donated school supplies and funds to support our young neighbors at New Song Academy in Sandtown. Our efforts have given these students access to a wide range of supplies that would have been scarce otherwise. The children, their teachers and other staff members have expressed their gratitude to all of Charlestown for this assistance.
This month we will hold the 2024 “Back to School Drive” between August 9 and August 16. On the last day, Friday, August 16, collection tables will be set up at the Fireside, the Terrace and the Chesapeake between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM. Your donations, supplies or funds, can be given at that time. Prior to the August 16, please call Donna Chesson or Dan Matthews to arrange for pick up or delivery. Contact information can be found in the Resident Directory, available online in MyErickson.
While all school supplies are appreciated, teachers have highlighted these high-priority items: glue sticks, colored pencils (preferred over crayons), pens and pencils, hand sanitizer, copy paper, backpacks, age-appropriate books for pre-K thru 8th grade and, again this year, a special request for prepackaged snacks (no peanuts or peanut butter).
The usual school items (scissors, notebooks, rulers, looseleaf paper, notebooks, binders, tissues, band aids, etc.) are also welcomed.
Finally, as we have reported in the past, a donation of money is a gift that allows each teacher to purchase what is most needed for their own class and students. If you choose to give a check, please make it out to Charlestown- Sandtown-Connection. Checks can be brought to the tables on August 16, or sent to Jim Herman, Treasurer. Donated funds are tax deductible.
~Donna Chesson~