George Thomas, Assistant Store Manager at the Supply Zone for Teachers. (Image for Space Coast Daily)
BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – Supply Zone for Teachers has received its first Kids In Need Foundation shipment since becoming a Junior Affiliate beginning this month.
The Kids In Need Foundation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to providing free school supplies to economically disadvantaged school children and under-funded teachers, sent Supply Zone for Teachers in Cocoa 17 pallets with more than 1,000 boxes of school supplies including backpacks, scissors, binders, activity workbooks and other assorted materials.
The Foundation’s mission is to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need.
Elizabeth Schreiber
“We are immensely thankful for the supplies the Kids In Need Foundation has provided our community. With these supplies, students have a much better chance to succeed in our schools,” said Elizabeth Schreiber, Manager of Supply Zone for Teachers, a service of Brevard Schools Foundation.
The Supply Zone for Teachers is responsible for paying shipping costs, which were just over $2,000. The value of the merchandise received is well over $160,000.
The Supply Zone for Teachers, a service of Brevard Schools Foundation, is a resource center that provides free school supplies to local teachers and students at high-poverty schools. The “store” is stocked entirely through donations and is located at Clearlake Education Center in Cocoa.
Brevard Schools Foundation opened the Supply Zone in 2014. Established in 1987, the Brevard Schools Foundation is a direct-support, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization which matches community resources with the needs of schools.
Support may be in the form of financial contributions or in-kind gifts of goods or services. The Foundation was recently ranked third in the nation for supporting public education and has provided more than $40 million in benefit to Brevard Public Schools.
Supply Zone for Teachers received its first Kids In Need Foundation shipment since becoming a Junior Affiliate as of January 1. (Image for Space Coast Daily)
