Lakewood Park was honored to be selected by Big Apple Ministry for their student Back to School supply drive. Supplies were collected at St. Bernadette’s Catholic church during the entire month of July. Principal Melrose had the honor of speaking at several services to thank Big Apple Ministry for choosing Lakewood Park and to share the great things about Lakewood Park students, teachers, and families.
In the month of August, a Lakewood Park team went to collect the donated items from St. Bernadette’s and were completely overwhelmed by the generosity as they filled an entire school bus with supplies. Once supplies were delivered to Lakewood Park, teachers were lucky enough to pick up supplies for each and every child in their class thanks to Big Apple Ministry. Here is what some of the Lakewood Park staff had to say about the experience:
“It’s amazing that there are people in the community that love our kids as much as we do.”- Amanda McCullough, 4th grade.
“This is awesome…many times parents can’t get the supplies, but now they are provided with all these expensive items. Wonderful!” -Mary Jane Kimball, self-contained, IND teacher.
“I was touched and overwhelmed. Our school is so blessed! Our community really came together.” -Tonya Gardner, Media Specialist.
“I’ve been bragging about this to my old coworkers. I was so excited that our kids didn’t have to shop!” Mache Thompson, 5th grade teacher.
“Overwhelming feeling of gratitude and genuine love was felt when the school bus approached with the supplies” -Juliet Murray, Behavior Specialist.
