Spring Hill Elementary has been collecting supplies over the last two months for a school in Afghanistan that recently burned down.

Mr. McClain, a soldier with Homeland Security, informed Mrs. Holcombe, an enrichment teacher at Spring Hill and friend of Mr. McClain, that he knew of a school in Afghanistan that was badly in need of supplies after their school was damaged. Spring Hill students generously donated pencils, pens, scissors, glue sticks, notebooks and erasers as well as cash donations to help offset the cost of shipping the supplies to Afghanistan. Spring Hill students felt they have so much and the students in Afghanistan have so little that they needed to share and help those in hardship.

Teachers gathered after school and donated their time packing over eighteen boxes full of materials that will be shipped to Mr. McClain later this week. “Families at Spring Hill have been so generous to share with the people in Afghanistan, who need the school supplies desperately. Mr. McClain has told me that they are very thankful for the generosity of U.S. citizens, who are trying to help children in other countries who want to learn,” said Mrs. Holcombe.

Cutline: Jordan Watson, Kendall Crowther and Stephanie Johnson, fourth grade students at Spring Hill, have fun showing off some of the supplies they and others at the school generously donated to a school in Afghanistan that burned down. Photo/Special.