For the third year in a row, the VFW Post on Highway 13 South in Marion County performed an excellent community service by donating 325 bags of school supplies to children. VFW Post 5393 spent over $2,000 on the supplies, according to Mattie Corker, Ladies Auxiliary president. Two hours before the doors opened for the school-supply giveaway, there were already about 25 people lined up outside the Frank B. Hendricks Jr. VFW Post. “This is one of our community service youth activities to supply kids with back to school supplies,” said Corker. The bags included items such as crayons, scissors, pencils, erasers, paper and notebooks. Each child also received a hotdog, juice and bag of chips.
VFW members and children stand by the 325 bags of school supplies that they donated. Back row from left, Taeshia Brady, Bobby Henry, John Scarbrough, Stanley Brady and Mattie Corker. Front row from left, Tron Scarbrough, Curtis Jefferson and Angelique Jefferson.
People line up outside the VFW for the school-supply giveaway.
we appreciate what you guys did for the children that was really nice
How do they decide who qualifies for these gifts? The ones who really needs it should be first not some that I know that gets all the freebies and doesn’t need them.
A good clue to whether they are in need or not, is select the ones that aren’t wearing $100 tennis shoes while talking/texting on their Blackberry.
I think this is a good thing for the parents of kids who can’t afford school supplies. How can you determine who really qualifies would almost be impossible to do without digging in personal information. The list of school supplies seem to get bigger by the year. It almost seems as if you are sending supplies for more than just your child, besides supplying the teachers with what they need doesn’t make matters better either.
The list seems to be getting bigger because the more a concerned and involved parent is, the less the school will have to supply. I do not believe that these items are mandatory, however, the schools make it sound like they are required. What are they going to do, not allow a child an education because the parents did not send in a box of kleenex or a bottle of hand sanitizer? I f the school districts were held accountable, they would not have to “request” some of these items, there would be TAX DOLLARS available to keep up with supplies.