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Item - Weight (in pounds)
agenda/assignment books 50 lbs
backpacks & briefcases 98 lbs
binders (notebooks) 1079 lbs
book covers 313 lbs
books & teaching aids (high school) 68 lbs
books & teaching aids (middle school) 144 lbs
books & teaching aids (elementary school) 44 lbs
calculators- 9 lbs
clips boards & office organizers 15 lbs
coffee mugs (new) 136 lbs
colored pencils 68 lbs
compasses & protractors 9 lbs
composition books 793 lbs
crayons 293 lbs
erasers & pencil sharpeners 29 lbs
folders & presentation folders 446 lbs
glue & glue sticks (& paste) 112 lbs
hanging file folders 116 lbs
hole punches & reinforcements 7 lbs
index cards 37 lbs
locker organizers 109 lbs
lunch boxes & bags 18 lbs
markers & highlighters 113 lbs
misc. art supplies 88 lbs
misc. computer supplies 4 lbs
misc. office supplies 22 lbs
note pads (small) 31 lbs
notebook paper (loose-leaf) 275 lbs
paper clips & fasteners 11 lbs
paper pads (ruled & plain) 47 lbs
pencil boxes & pouches 67 lbs
pens & pencils 163 lbs
post-it-notes 9 lbs
rulers 28 lbs
science teaching materials 69 lbs
scissors 18 lbs
spiral notebooks 470 lbs
sports balls 2 lbs
tape & staplers 8 lbs
misc. items 4 lbs
*recycled paper ("cleaning" notebooks) 172 lbs
TOTAL DONATED 5,594 lbs
2003 data chart (pdf)
Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education President
Patricia O'Neill made comments at the celebration ceremony on
July 21, 2003.
At the end of the ceremony, representatives of organizations
(United Way organizations, Linkages to Learning, MC Recreation
Department, Housing Opportunity Commission, MCPS schools, etc.)
were able to collect supplies for their programs.
Public Officials in attendance for the celebration (left to right):
MD Delegate Karen Montgomery, MD Delegate Anne Kaiser, Student
Member of the BOE Sagar Sanghvi, BOE President Patricia O'Neill,
Learn Shop Executive Director Louise Newcomer, Montgomery County
Executive Douglas Duncan, MCPS Community Superintendent Susan
Marks. (Not pictured: Valerie Nussenblatt - for Representative
Christopher VanHollen, Craig Zucker for Congressman. Albert Wynn,
MCPS Coordinating Community Superintendent Don Kress. MCPS Student
Services Director Min Leong)
Thanks to the many volunteers (some not pictured) for their week
of service sorting, wieghing, and repacking all of the donated
supplies!
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