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St. Louis Public Schools holds resource fair to aid families after tornado
Summary
A school-run resource fair distributed donated supplies — including hygiene items, mattresses and shoes — to families affected by a tornado on Friday. Donations came from the Little Bit Foundation, students in transition and a forthcoming Walmart truck, school staff said.
St. Louis Public Schools held a community resource fair to distribute donated supplies to families affected by a tornado that struck on Friday, school staff said.
"Today, we have a community resource fair where we have families coming in to get supplies that they need. The supplies are being donated by the Little Bit Foundation as well as our students in transition. And so what we have here today are female hygiene products, we have male products, we have water, we have snacks, we have mattresses, we have shoes, we have, toilet tissue. Anything a family needs, we have it here. We also will have a truck later on from Walmart that is going to also be donating some supplies," said a staff member (School staff, St. Louis Public Schools).
The supplies listed by the staff member included hygiene items for females and males, bottled water, snacks, mattresses, shoes and toilet tissue; the staff member said additional donations would arrive by truck from Walmart later in the day. The staff member also described donations from the Little Bit Foundation and contributions from "students in transition." The transcript does not specify quantities or monetary value of the donations.
A resident who attended the fair described the relief it provided to low-income families affected by the tornado. "It means everything, you know. You have a lot of low income families out here, and for this little disaster to get unexpected, it means everything for an organization to open up doors to say, hey, we have this and we have them to help out. It means a big deal. A big deal," the resident said.
The staff member closed public remarks by thanking everyone who helped organize the event and by offering support to affected families. "I just wanna say a huge thank you to all who have made this possible and to let our Saint Louis public school families know that we stand with you. We love you. We know that it is going to take all of this and more to help you rebuild, but we want you to know that you have hope and faith and trust in your Saint Louis family, here in the Saint Louis public schools," the staff member said.
The event was described in the meeting transcript as a community resource fair focused on immediate relief. No formal motions, votes or requests for additional funding were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
