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View a slide show
of the volunteers sorting the materials (click
here)
Picture: Dr. Weast, MCPS Superintendent,
presenting Mr. Giles Benson, Director of MCPS Materials
Management, an award for the work that Materials Management
contributes to make Drive for Supplies a success. (Pictured
from left to right - Dr. Jerry Weast, BOE President
Ms. Patricia O'Neill, Mr. Giles Benson, BOE member Dr.
Charles Haughey, BOE student member Mr. Sebastian Johnson,
Learn Shop Director Rev. Newcomer, Student Affairs Coordinator
Mrs. Karen Crawford.)
Item & Weight (in pounds)
art supplies (misc.) 221
backpacks & totebags 45
binders (notebooks) 3059
book covers 7
books & teaching aids 553
calculators 7
colored pencils 85
compasses & protractors 14
composition & spiral notebooks 2244
computer equipment 65
crayons 358
dictionaries 87
erasers & pencil sharpeners 35
games / toys 148
glue & glue sticks 116
graph paper 138
index cards & boxes 101
locker organizers 24
markers & highlighters 178
notebook paper (loose-leaf) 404
notebook paper tablets 59
office supplies (misc.) 519
pencil boxes & pouches 63
pens & pencils 262
portfolios & folders & dividers 256
reinforcements & hole punchers 15
rulers 38
scissors 31
recycled paper (removing used paper) 652
TOTAL POUNDS DONATED 9,784 pounds
2005
Data Chart (pdf)
106 student volunteers (10 adult
volunteers) spent 961 hours sorting and organizing the
donated supplies...
Note: Donations include supplies
to Africa (through Action Africa), Nicaragua (through
Quest for Peace - Clean your Desk campaign), Belize
(through McDaniel College), United Way organizations,
D.C. schools, Linkages to Learning programs, and MCPS
schools
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