Local 311 Fire Fighters Help Area School Children

Grassroots charity School Supplies For Kids and Fire Fighters Local 311 will team up Wednesday afternoon, August 20, to deliver donated school supplies to East High School.
 
Firefighters Local 311 (www.local311.org) supported the 2014 fundraising campaign of School Supplies For Kids with a generous donation to purchase supplies for area schools through the union’s charitable foundation.
 
Local 311 Firefighters will drop off supplies for Madison East High School at 2:30 p.m. There will be a brief check presentation during this drop-off. East High School staff will meet the delivery team at the school entrance on Fourth Street.
 
School Supplies For Kids and Fire Fighters Local 311 welcome members of the media to participate in the delivery of these much-needed school supplies donated for economically-disadvantaged school children. Representatives of School Supplies for Kids and Local 311 will be available for interview.
 
Donation Drop Off of School Supplies
Who: School Supplies for Kids and Fire Fighters Local 311
When: 2:30 p.m. Delivery to East High School
Address: Delivery – Madison East High School, 2222 E. Washington Ave., Madison WI 53704. Delivery team will meet at the Main Entrance, Door #2, on Fourth Street next to the Parking Lot and Welcome entrance.

School Supplies For Kids grew out of one local neighborhood wanting to help area schoolchildren in need 21 years ago. Now in 2014, this quiet homegrown charity set a goal of fundraising $55,000 this summer to help an estimated 23,000 students across all of Dane County. While this year’s supplies are ready to be sorted and delivered to schools, current charitable contributions of approximately $20,000 are far lower than past years. Learn more and donate at http://vogelbldg.com/community/school_supplies_for_kids.php. You can also like School Supplies For Kids at www.facebook.com/SchoolSuppliesForKids.