County PTAs pitch in with food, clothing during pandemic
Organizations hold collection drives to aid community By Rose Horowitch |
January 25, 2021 | 11:21 am
The Ridgeview Middle School PTSA has shored up an emergency pantry for families facing food insecurity.
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In the background of a Zoom class at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Gaithersburg, a teacher could see that one student’s room was empty and unfurnished.
The teacher alerted the school counselor, who checked in on the family’s situation and told the school’s Parent Teacher Association, which quickly mobilized.
Within about four hours, people had donated three beds and mattresses. Volunteers signed on to deliver them to the family, parent Lauren Laimon said. That night, the children had new beds to sleep on.