Supplying students with success
January 29, 2014
It’s hard to get through a school day if a student is constantly
searching for a pen and piece of paper. Unfortunately, supplies start to dwindle half way through the school
year. Recognizing a need, Cane Run employees packed an SUV with boxes of school supplies and headed
over to Cane Run Elementary School.
Though the backpacks, notebooks, papers and other items are basic
necessities for learning, keeping them stocked allows students to focus on the lessons at hand, and teachers
and administrators to concentrate on the best ways to enrich these young minds. It’s a delivery made
possible thanks to a partnership with Wal-mart.
“Each of these students is a sponge — ready and waiting to soak up
the information they’re taught here at school,” said Laura Douglas, vice
president of Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs. “Our long-standing relationship with Cane Run
Elementary is about supporting students on their education journey, and putting the tools they need to
succeed in their hands.”
The school’s principal, resource coordinator and a handful of eager
fifth graders welcomed them with open arms as the employees rolled in box after box of supplies to replenish
the school’s inventory as the second half of the academic year
kicks into gear.
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| Cane Run Elementary students unload donated school supplies |
“Each of these students is a sponge — ready and waiting to soak up
the information they’re taught here at school,” said Laura Douglas, vice
president of Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs. “Our long-standing relationship with Cane Run
Elementary is about supporting students on their education journey, and putting the tools they need to
succeed in their hands.”Thursday afternoon’s special delivery is part
of a 15-year partnership between the Cane Run plant and elementary school to enhance students’ learning
environment. In the last decade alone, the two groups have worked together to help develop the school’s
environmental magnet program, construct its playground, and provide school supplies and other resources and
basic necessities.
School administrators say they are thrilled with the opportunities the relationship
has created and are identifying new ways to partner with Cane Run Station to benefit students into the
future.
