Columbus City Schools partnered with nonprofit United Way of Central Ohio to distribute winter coats for students at six elementary schools.
It was a chilly morning — with temperatures hovering a little above freezing — as cardboard boxes stacked with child-sized winter jackets were scattered around the yellow and black gymnasium at Burroughs Elementary School on the Hilltop.
The winter coat distribution was a result of a partnership between Columbus City Schools and United Way of Central Ohio, a nonprofit that purchased 2,300 new winter jackets for all students at six elementary schools throughout the state's largest school district. "Lisa Courtice reached out to a funder that we have that supports United Way and just did an ask of, 'Is there some way you can help us fund supplying coats to the schools?" Starner said."So that's literally how it happened, it was a donation of $150,000 from the Siemer Foundation."
Andrea Douglass, a family ambassador at Burroughs, said she has had parents ask her about getting coats for the cold seasons. Other major needs that she hears from families involve help with Christmas gifts, as well as housing and transportation. Martinique Ridley, who does social media and marketing for United Way and was volunteering at Burroughs, said some of the students that passed through the gym Wednesday morning were actually about to head out on a field trip later that day.And while the jackets were perfect for students heading out — whether for a field trip or just playing outside during recess — it's also helped the expenses for bigger families like Samantha Stafford's.
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