The Hillsborough Education Foundation kicked off our annual Supply Drive on June 1. We need YOUR help to stock the shelves of the Teaching Tools Store for another school year by making a donation or hosting a drive at your business.
Want to donate school supplies?
On July 21,
HEF is partnering with news station Fox 13 to host a drive. Items can be dropped off at the station (3213 W. Kennedy Blvd.) from
7 a.m.-1 p.m.
Click here for more drop-off locations, a list of most-needed supplies and to find out how you can get involved.
To learn more, check out this video generously produced by the Tampa Bay Arts & Education Network:
Partner Spotlight: Suncoast Credit Union
Hundreds of Suncoast Credit Union employees volunteer at local organizations each year, including the Hillsborough Education Foundation.
Last year, a Lee County middle-school band received a new set of instruments to replace its broken, outdated ones, thanks to a grant from the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation. To the south in Collier
County, a resource room for struggling readers was restocked with brand-new books, also funded by Suncoast. And right here in Hillsborough County, Suncoast for the sixth straight year sponsored the Hillsborough Education Foundation's Teaching Tools Store, which provides free school supplies to teachers at low-income schools. These are just three of the hundreds of initiatives supported by Suncoast Credit Union Foundation over the last two decades, with the goal of improving the lives of children in the 21 Florida counties it serves.
Scholastic Art & Writing winners honored in NYC
On June 8, three Hillsborough County students were invited to Carnegie Hall in New York City to receive national awards for
their art and writing. The students first competed at the local level in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by Suncoast Credit Union in March at Blake High School.
A total of 330,000 entries were submitted to this year's Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The three students from Hillsborough -Javarus Brooks, Skyler Cox and Sarah Ferguson - were among the 700 students invited to Carnegie Hall to receive the competition's top awards.
Special thanks to Suncoast for making it possible for these students and their teachers to travel to New York.
Do you have one hour per week? Our Take Stock in Children team is looking for about 80 new mentors for students who attend schools in eastern Hillsborough County and the Westchase area.
The schools with the most need:
- Durant High School
- Plant City High School
- Strawberry Crest High
- Turkey Creek Middle
-Tomlin Middle
- Alonso High
- Sickles High
As a mentor, you will meet with your mentee weekly throughout the 2017-18 school year (September-May) at school. Click here to learn more, or to fill out an application.