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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a great question, and I love that, according to the replies here, at least some PTAs are good about helping students. I wish that were the same across the board! I've reached out to our IB school's PTO (Bunker Hill) multiple times as a community member, not a school parent (our kids are too young for school still), to see if we can help satisfy any needs that students or the school might have (e.g., clothes, books, art supplies, etc.) and they have not once taken us up on our offer to help. It's unreal, because we know--through a teacher and other parents in the neighborhood whose children attend the school--that there are kids at the school who are in need of things like winter clothes and the like. It's noteworthy to us, as we're looking for a school community for our kids that welcomes support, has an active and engaged parent community, and is committed to helping students in need within the school community. Hopefully OP will get a better response from his/her local school's PTA/PTO. [/quote]

Sometimes PTAs are just overwhelmed. If you want to help, I would just buy a couple of coats (in upper elementary sizes) and bring them in with a note that says to give to the social worker/guidance counselor.

Also set up an alert on Donors Choose so you will know when a teacher posts: https://www.donorschoose.org/school/brookland-education-center/6550?activeProjects=true

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PP here. Thank you, this is a good suggestion. I reached out to the school and PTO a few times with some suggestions as to how/what we might be able to provide, including art supplies, winter clothes, and some other time-volunteered projects, and was hoping to be able to target our help to specific needs that the school has instead of just hazarding a guess and wasting money in ways that were unhelpful and potentially insulting. I think the problem here had more to do with PTO families leaving the school than anything else, which I guess makes it difficult to really build up a strong PTO. [/quote]

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