Hurricane Relief Information

As I mentioned in my recent blog, we are working on a way to include all of our students, staff, Parent Teacher Associations/Organizations, and community members to organize a relief effort for Hurricane Sandy victims in the downstate area.

We have had great support so far and just added the missing piece at the high school with Mrs. Deemer organizing the students there. So we are ready to rock and roll.

Pasted below is the letter that we will be sending home. (If you would like to access a PDF version online, click here.) Please notice that everything is organized by grade level and the ultimate goal is to be able to provide "relief kits" containing many essential items.

Your help is greatly appreciated. Our students will roll up their sleeves and put everything together, and we have had some generous community members willing to drive the kits to the downstate area. Awesome! Let's work together to make this happen.  

If you do not have a child in the school and want to help, just pick an item from the list and drop it off at one of our buildings. If you have a business that already delivers downstate and you would like to help with transportation, please let me know as well and we might be able to spread deliveries out (cbrown@westgenesee.org).

Thanks again!

Chris

HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF

In an effort to provide relief to our fellow New Yorkers who were devastated by Hurricane Sandy, West Genesee School District will be assembling and donating hygiene kits to those most in need. Each student will have the opportunity to make a difference by participating in assembling the kits.

To ensure that we receive all necessary items, we are asking for the following grade donations:

Kindergarten: 6 Band-Aids (in a sandwich bag)       

1^st Grade: 1 washcloth

2^nd Grade: 1 nail clipper

3^rd Grade: 1 small container of hand sanitizer

4^th Grade: 1 bar of soap         

5^th Grade: 2 one gallon plastic Ziploc bags

6^th Grade: 2 “D” batteries

7^th Grade: 1 bottle of conditioner                              

8^th Grade: 1 hand towel

9^th Grade: 1 stick deodorant

10^th Grade: 1 tube of toothpaste

11^th Grade: 1 toothbrush

12^th Grade: 1 bottle of shampoo

We will be collecting in all buildings up to Thursday, November 15 and assembling the kits on Friday, November 16. If there are community members that would like to donate items, you may drop them off at any of the West Genesee Schools.

Thank you for your participation in this project.