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Law school staff and students contribute to annual school supply drive for Pritzker Elementary School
By Center for Public Interest Law /
October 24, 2013 /
Posted in: Public Interest Law, Pro Bono & Community Service, Student News /
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The Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBCSI) recently concluded its annual school supply drive for homeless and low-income students at A.N. Pritzker Elementary School, a Chicago Public School located in Wicker Park. PBCSI Director Cheryl Price delivered the supplies to the school where they were warmly received by Pritzker staff, including Assistant Principal Mrs. Barbara Abdullah-Smith, School Counselor Amanda Szaraz, and 6-8th grade teacher Jerry Weissbuch. Although Pritzker is located in Wicker Park its students live in a variety of neighborhoods across the city. According to Ms. Szaraz, approximately 50% of Pritzker students are considered low-income, and approximately 30 of them are considered homeless. As such, the school supplies are sorely needed to ensure that these students have the supplies they need to learn and thrive in the school setting.
PBCSI was pleased with this year’s donations. According to PBCSI Director Cheryl Price: “I was so impressed with the DePaul community’s generosity and thoughtfulness, especially staff members, who contributed the lion’s share of school supplies and money for this drive.” Price was also thankful for the generous donation of pens and flash drives from Lexis/Nexis. Price explained: “All of these supplies go directly to the students to help them succeed at school. We are happy to contribute to this worthy cause and feel strongly that it is an important part of our Vincentian mission. We look forward to running the school supply drive again next fall.”