It’s that time of the year again! The Rotary Club of Springfield, Illinois collected and delivered much-needed school supplies for the children of Ridgely Elementary School.
We’re proud to continue this tradition of supporting students and families as they start the school year ready to learn!
We distributed the School Supply List for Ridgely to our members. Some members purchased the items needed for one student. For example, one member purchased all the items needed for a single kindergarten student (image on left) Other members purchased selected supplies needed by most students or shared by students in the classroom, such as pencils, paper towels, wet wipes, and kleenex. Members brought all their purchases to our August 11 Club meeting. They donated enough supplies to literally fill the back of Ken Gilmore's car (lead image). Ken is our Community Service Director and is the former principal of Ridgely School so this project is especially meaningful to him. Ken and our Club President John Web personally transported the school supplies to Ridgely School and delivered them to Jennifer Butcher, the current Principal of Ridgely School (second from left in image below). 