Florida Donations

Superintendent James Hoyle and Assistant Superintendent Eva Jones review some of the donations made by Sarasota and Manatee, Florida school districts.

A friendly competition between two Florida school systems has ended up as a win-win situation for Plaquemines Parish Schools.  After Hurricane Katrina, the Sarasota and Manatee, Florida school districts issued a friendly challenge to help raise funds and supplies for Plaquemines Parish schools in response to a letter Plaquemines Parish Schools Superintendent Hoyle wrote asking for help from school districts across the country.  The two Florida districts raised a combined $72,000 during a fund drive in December called the Holiday Hope campaign and also donated a truckload of supplies including desks, file cabinets and chairs.  The truck was unloaded last week at the school system’s warehouse in Belle Chasse.

Assistant Superintendent Eva Jones greets truck at warehouse.	Ovey Trahan, Guy Landry and Bill Ancar unload the supplies donated by the Sarasota and Manatee School Districts.	Cole Sisung and Ovey Trahan inventory the donations.