Franklin Square Provides Backpacks to
Sandy Plains
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Article & photo by Ben
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First grader
Nicole and her sister Priscilla and her sister show off their new
backpacks from Franklin Square.
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Billy Weese is
ready to start the fifth grade with his new backpack.
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When parents and students of Sandy Plains Elementary School went to the
school on Friday, they thought they were getting just a sneak peek of
their classroom for the 2009-10 school year. What they didn’t know was
Franklin Square Hospital was providing them with a new backpack filled
with school supplies. The hospital provided the backpacks, and the
nurses and staff purchased the supplies and filled the backpacks in
accord with the lists provided by the school.
“Franklin Square nurses have always cared for their community,”
explains Larry Strassner, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at Franklin
Square. “But this year, they wanted to make sure their own colleagues
were taken care of as well.”
Parents were grateful for the gifts. Brenda Blair is a grandmother of
two and her four children have all gone to Sandy Plains and this is the
first time free school supplies were given to the school.
“No one has ever done this before,” Blair said. “I’m so happy. This is
great with everything that is going on with the economy.”
This is the four year that Franklin Square has given supplies away to
schools. The hospital gave backpacks to students at Shady Spring,
Middlesex and Sandalwood Elementary schools. The community project
targets schools identified as “schools in need” on a state level based
on median income and subsidized lunches.
Sandy Plains Principal Harry Walker thanks Franklin Square for lending
a hand.
“In these tough economic times, these donations could not have come at
a better time for our children and their parents,” says Walker. “It is
truly a blessing to have such a generous business partner in Franklin
Square.”
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