Silver State Charter School collects winter coats for those in need
Helping provide an education is only part of what the Silver State Charter School does. Students and staff are also participating in services for the community including a winter coat drive now underway.
This winter Joanna Perry, academic advisor and electives teacher for Silver State, organized a coat collection to help provide coats so Carson City residents can benefit as temperatures drop this year. In October, the staff began collecting articles of clothing for the drive.
Students and staff members have been cleaning out their closets and gathering coats from friends and relatives. So far over 120 coats have been collected, but they are expecting many more with the addition of support from the community in the final two weeks of the drive.
According to Krystal Hoefling, Academic Director of Silver State, “It’s humbling to see our Silver State community pull together, but that solidarity is what makes this school such a great part of the Northern Nevada region.” As a former Dean of Students, Mrs. Hoefling has a unique appreciation for the closeness of the Silver State school culture.
Mason Williams is a senior studying English and Marine Science at SSCS. Mason normally studies from home, but he was on hand during one of the Friday Intensive Study sessions at the school. He stated about the coat drive, “It’s awesome, a great thing to do for the community.” Fellow Student Steven Mendonca, who has attended Silver State for the past five years, agreed, “It’s wonderful to attend a school with a conscience.”
Doors will be open and coats will be available beginning Dec. 16 for any member of the Carson City community who needs one.
Before that date, community members who want to contribute are encouraged to bring any clean, functional new or used coats, sweaters, hats, scarves, or gloves to Silver State Charter School at 788 Fairview Drive, in Carson City any weekday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Coat collection racks and bins are available just inside the foyer. Donations can be anonymous.
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