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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State
Rep. Cherelle Parker |
  
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Parker urges local residents to donate school uniforms
PHILADELPHIA, June 6 – State Rep. Cherelle Parker, D-Phila., is asking area residents to donate school uniforms that are clean and in good condition for students attending school within the 200th Legislative District.
Parker said the donated uniforms will help alleviate some of the financial pressure that parents and caregivers will encounter when purchasing school uniforms for the upcoming 2008-09 school year.
Those interested in helping in this effort can drop off the uniforms from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the following locations, based on the school’s uniform criteria. The deadline to donate uniforms to the schools directly is June 20. Parker's office will accept uniforms up until July 30.
Parker's constituent service office
1536 Wadsworth Ave.
Emlen C. Eleanor Middle School
6501 Chew Ave.
Grades K-3 -- Top: yellow shirt with collar; Bottom: dark blue pants
Grades 4-6 -- Top: light blue shirt with collar; Bottom: dark blue pants
Franklin S. Edmonds Elementary
8025 Thouron Ave.
Top: white, pale blue, pale yellow
Bottom: dark blue and black
John F. McCloskey Middle School
8500 Pickering Ave.
Top: light blue with collar
Bottom: navy blue
John Story Jenks Elementary School
8301 Germantown Ave.
Top: white and navy blue with collar
Bottom: khaki
Lankenau Motivational High School
201 Spring Lane
Top: black, white with collar
Bottom: khaki or black
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Morris E. Leeds Middle School
1100 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Top: white with collar
Bottom: black pants
New Media Technology Charter High School
7800 Ogontz Ave.
Top: white shirt with collar
Bottom – Boys: black pants
Bottom – Girls: black skirt
"There are many families in our area who simply cannot afford to buy brand new school uniforms, and this donation drive is extremely important to them," Parker said. "I hope that anyone who has the ability to donate a school uniform will take this opportunity to help their fellow Philadelphians."
More Information is available by calling Parker’s constituent service office at 215-242-7300.
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CONTACT: Bill Thomas |
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