This year, the community raised more than $7,600 to purchase supplies in bulk. Chick-fil-A Silber Road sponsored a Stuff the Bus drive; diners filled the bus. The Brenda and John Duncan YMCA donated approximately 800 supply packets for elementary students.
“This was our first year to partner with the Foundation,” said Sloane Pardue, senior marketing director, Chick-fil-A Silber Road. “Neighboring businesses got on board and brought in everything from fully stocked backpacks to boxes of spiral notebooks.” In addition to sponsoring the supply drive, the restaurant provided lunch for volunteers, as well as a half-dozen employees to help assemble packets for Title 1 SBISD schools.
The school supply initiative is spearheaded by SBEF board member Patty Busmire and her daughter, Becky. In the ninth year of this mother/daughter project, this one was a little different. Patty was on-site, while Becky handled spread-sheets from Europe where she is completing a German minor from St. Edward’s University.
About Spring Branch Education Foundation:
Spring Branch Education Foundation is committed to supporting SBISD students and educators. It partners with the district and community to fund programs that enhance education and ̅students for the future. In 2016, Caruthers Institute ranked SBEF 42nd in the nation among 188 K-12 education foundations and in the top 10 of its division of foundations with $1 million to $1,999,999 in revenues. Since 1993, the Foundation has donated more than $11 million to the district. SBEF is a 501(c)3 organization; all donations are tax deductible.
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