School supply drive a “huge success”

By Melanie PetersonOctober 7, 2022

School supply drive a “huge success”
Theresa Gant-Gaines, hydraulic engineer, holds a backpack donated to the school supply drive, Sept. 1. USACE St. Paul District photo by Melanie Peterson (Photo Credit: Melanie Peterson) VIEW ORIGINAL

The St. Paul District’s Special Emphasis Program Committee, or SEPC, in coordination with the Equal Employment Opportunity office, collected school supply this August from federal agencies across Minnesota as part of the annual Federal Executive Board school supplies drive.

“The federal agencies stepped up to the challenge this year,” said Lupe Santos-Jensen, equal employment opportunity manager. “We received overwhelming support, even more than in past years. It was a huge success.”

Some of the supplies included 100 pre-filled backpacks, 300 notebooks and 100 boxes of crayons.

The four schools that benefited from the supply drive were Lucy Craft Laney Community School, Whittier International Elementary School and Farnsworth Aerospace School and Hamline Elementary School.

Some of the federal agencies that donated included the National Weather Service, the Center for Disease Control and the Federal District Court.

The Federal Executive Boards, established by Presidential Directive in 1961, are a forum for communication and collaboration among federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C.

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This story originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Crosscurrents on page 17 https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/