Virgil’s Plant Shop hosts community drive to donate school supplies to Longfellow Elementary

Virgil’s Plant Shop hosts community drive to donate school supplies to Longfellow Elementary

LONGFELLOWELEMENTARY SCHL OONOW THANKING THEOWNER OF VIRGIS L"PLANT SHOP.REBA HAMILTON OPENEDHER NEW BRICK ANDMORTAR LOCATION BACKIN APRIL --AND TOOK IT UPONHERSELF -- TO PAY ITFORWARD IN HERLONGFELLOWNEIGHBORHOOD.KSHB 41 NEWS REPORRJUYEON KIM SPOKE WITHTHE SCHOOL"SPRINCIPAL TODAY --ABOUT HOW HAMILTONPANGYI IT FORWARD --WILL HELP THEIRCHILDREN"S SUCCE.

SSSTUDENTS HERE ATLONGFELLOWELEMENTARY- -ARE LEARNING ABOUT ANIMPORTANT CHARACTERTRAIT -- KINDNESS.JIMMIE BULLARD P /RINCIPAL ATLONGFELLOW ELEMENTY ARSCHOOL"When you have a smallbusiness owner that has noconnection with the school atall, just moved in and thensays, I wanna help thatschool if I can" And shedid it.SHE"S TALKING ABOUTREBA HAMILITON -- WHOOPENED VIRGIL"SPLANT SHOP BACK INAPRIL.HAMILTON IS PLANTINGROOTS IN HER NEWCOMMUNITY --BY FINDING WAYS TOINVEST IN THE GROWTH OFOUR CHILENDRSIt was like twice as muchas this because we gave a lotof the stu offut!HAMILTON DONATED OVER10 BOXES FILLED WITHSCHOOL SUPPLIES --AFTER RUNNINA GDONATION DRIVE AT HEROWN PLANT SHOP.SIt was like one of thosemoments when you wannacry?EVERYTHING FROM HANDSANITIZER, CRAYONS, ANDWATER BOTTLESTO BRAND NEWHEADPHONES --DESPERATELY NEEDED.SSo that each studenwithave different coloredheadphones to go into theirears for testing.PRINCIPAL BULLARD SAYSA donation like this also tas kepressure off local families.JIMMIE BULLARD / PRINCIPAL ATLOFENGLLOW ELEMENTARYSCHOOLS90 percent of ourstudents are Sfree andreduced lunch so that ishu.SThey can use oseresources for food or utilitiesor whatever.

So I thinkthat"s the powerful part.IT"S BEEN AALCHLENGING YEARMEETING THE NEEDS OFHER STUDENTS AND THEIRFAMILI.

ESSSomimetes things justdon"t go as planned.BUT TODAY -- BULLARD ISGRATEFUL.THE HUMANITY FOUNDER HIN NEIGHBORHOOD --IS UPHOLDING THEIRMISSION OF I CAN, I WILL, IBELIE EVSWhen you ha avecommunity that puts theirarms around you and beliesin you, as a school and as acommunity, then we can doanythi.

NgWE LOVE TELLINGSTORIES OF PEOPLE LIKETHIS LENDING A HELPINGHAND TO OTHERS IN THECOUNMMITY...SHARE A POSITIVE STORYHAPPENING IN YOURNEIGHBORHOOD WITH .

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