COLUMBIA – United Way of the Midlands is preparing for the upcoming school year with its fifth annual Ready, Set, Supply! school supply drive, collecting classroom materials for elementary school teachers across the Midlands.
The annual campaign benefits schools served by United Way’s Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC), an education initiative that promotes literacy and STEM learning in Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Newberry, and Orangeburg counties.
“Not every student comes to school with the supplies they need, and teachers never want a child to go without,” said Danielle Tibbs, reading coach at Meadowfield Elementary. “The Ready, Set, Supply! Drive relieves not only the financial burden, but also the worry of making sure every student feels prepared from the very first day of school.”…