How It Works
Students Helping Students is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to recycle gently used school furnishings and supplies from donor schools to needy schools. We are in the process of building an online exchange to match up potential donors with potential recipients. Possible items that could be contributed or acquired encompass a wide range of items, including, but not limited to: furnishings, books, classroom materials, musical instruments, and...
Timeline
Beginning in the winter of 2005, Students Helping Students sent supplies to the Superintendent of the St. John the Baptist Parish Public Schools in Reserve, LA., which had 1500 displaced students due to Hurricane Katrina. These supplies included: notebooks, backpacks, tote bags, glue, colored markers, pencils, protractors, composition books, pencil sharpeners, scissors, folders, staplers, and paper. In June 2006, SHS sent 2 tractor trailers...
You Can Help
Becoming part of an effective movement to improve the overall quality of our educational system is something you may or may not have had the opportunity to do. Now, with Students Helping Students, anyone with an interest in Education can play a proactive role in our fight for an improved learning environment for all students. SHS will assist with the transportation of school furnishings and other supplies from well-equipped to struggling...
