Beta Upsilon Supports "Essentials for Education"

Tammy Jernigan, Bertie County, (left) and Sarah Davis, Hertford County, (right) carry boxes of "essentials" to their county's counselors.

,At the November 13, 2021, Beta Upsilon meeting, Tracey Reason and Adrienne Whitaker shared with chapter members some personal needs of students in the county schools. Adrienne, counselor, and Tracey, first-grade teacher, commented that they see students almost every day who need personal items. Adrienne and Tracey presented this Community and School Service Project as an opportunity to help students. This special project is called “Essentials for Education” and members were asked to bring items to the February 12, 2022, meeting. At the February meeting, five boxes were available to collect items to be distributed to a counselor in Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Martin, and Washington counties. Members brought bras (S, M, L), underwear, socks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine products, baby wipes, shampoo, body wash, washcloths, towels, brushes/combs, ethnic products, and deodorant – all items were new, and all sizes were collected. The boxes were full of supplies donated by all the members attending the meeting. At the end of the meeting, a member from each county carried a box to the county’s counselors for distribution. 

Submitted by: Phyllis Broughton, Chapter President of Beta Upsilon, Region I

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Pat Nelson, Martin County, donates supplies for the boxes.