All of the supplies we collected from Sells Middle School on the last day of school.

 In early May, we (then attending Sells Middle School) decided to help out an inner city school in Columbus.  This school, called Weinland Park Elementary, is a year round school that is constantly in need of school supplies.  We decided find a way to give the school the supplies they needed.

In 6th grade, I realized that most students, when cleaning out their lockers, throw away many supplies that they could use again.  I told my friends about it and later, in 8th grade, we organized a school supply drive that collected any gently used school supplies that the students would not need the next year.  We were only hoping to fill a few boxes with a bunch of unusable binders and folders.
Instead we had boxes overflowing in the hallways and teachers finding bags to put the rest of the supplies into.  In all, Sells Middle School donated 183 binders, 6800 sheets of notebook paper, 100+ spiral notebooks, 7700 index cards, and boxes and boxes of markers, pens, and pencils.  We couldn't believe how much we had to take down to Weinland Park.

Not only did we help out a needy school, we also prevented thousands of school supplies from ending up in a landfill.  The students at Weinland Park were so excited to see us carrying the boxes and boxes of supplies into the school.  We were so proud.

Sarah