- November 23, 2024
-
-
Loading
Loading
U Name It — Apparel and Graphics owners Joe and Shelly Rossheim donated more than 500 school uniform polos to the Flagler County School Board Tuesday, May 15.
During an April 28 $5 shirt sale, U Name It promoted uniform donations, offering to match every one collected. Combined, they brought white trash bags filled with 552 school uniform shirts (276 of which they paid for out of pocket) to the Tuesday meeting and handed them over to principals.
“We sent out more than 13,000 postcards to get the word out (for the sale),” Joe Rossheim said. “It was a concerted effort form a lot of community members and business leaders.”
“I know that there are a lot of families that are stressed out, and this really helps build those closets,” board member Colleen Conklin told the couple. “This is a $3,000 donation. …We really do have a wonderful community.”
Shelly Rossheim said that, above all, she just wanted every school to at least have a closet of uniforms to start with, in case any students’ families could not afford them.
“This is really going to be a great start,” Superintendent Janet Valentine said, “so thank you.”
