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Stewartville board accepts community donations totaling at least $20,809
Summary
The Stewartville Public School District board unanimously approved a resolution accepting gifts from community members and booster clubs, including equipment and monetary donations earmarked for student programs and athletics.
The Stewartville Public School District board voted unanimously to accept a package of donations from individuals, booster clubs and local organizations, district officials said at the meeting.
The gifts support student activities and classroom and athletic equipment. Superintendent Ms. Silvers told the board the packet included a $1,250 anonymous donation for elementary gift cards; toys and smaller cash gifts; a $2,500 contribution toward an interactive TouchPro video display; a $12,900 donation from a booster club for a piece of athletic training equipment described as a “shred mill;” and other items and grants. Specified donations listed at the meeting total $20,809; the agenda packet also references additional booster-club payments and team-supply contributions whose aggregate amounts were not specified during the discussion.
Ms. Silvers said the donations come from a mix of booster clubs, community members and local organizations and noted the district will post details in the meeting attachments on its website. "So very, very generous, donations from our community, our booster clubs, and individuals," she said.
Board member Ravenhorst moved to adopt the resolution accepting the donations; Laumann seconded. The motion passed on a 7-0 voice vote.
The district listed individual gifts during the meeting, including: an anonymous $1,250 contribution for elementary holiday gift cards; $400 in toys for central students; a $300 donation from Kiawana to the Bridget Hale fund; $2,500 for a TouchPro display; $12,900 from a booster club for athletic equipment near the weight room; an anonymous $159 to the Bridget Hale fund; $500 from People's Energy Cooperative for an ECFE infant welcome packet; more than $1,200 from the golf booster club for team supplies; and $1,600 in video equipment from the Community Foundation. Several other booster-club payments for basketball and soccer were listed without itemized amounts.
The board's consent packet includes a more detailed attachment with donor names and the school programs that will receive the gifts; Ms. Silvers directed the board to that document for further breakdowns.
