Kiwanis Club Of Greater West Pasco And Gulfside Regional Hospice Provide School Supplies

Sept. 5, 2012 - PRLog -- Children throughout Pasco County are sporting new backpacks and school supplies thanks to a partnership between Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco and Gulfside Regional Hospice.  
 
From July 10 to August 10, Gulfside Regional Hospice’s Thrift Shoppes collected school supplies for the Kiwanis Club to distribute at local schools.  In past years, the Kiwanis donated to two elementary schools in west Pasco, but thanks to the generosity of the community, the club was able to donate to six elementary schools and Pasco Kids First throughout Pasco County, said Jane King from the Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco.
 
Thanks to the partnership, 200 backpacks were donated to the community this year, doubling the total from last year, said King. Recipient schools include Mittye P. Locke Elementary in New Port Richey; Moonlake Elementary in New Port Richey; Sunray Elementary in Holiday;
Northwest Elementary in Hudson; Lacoochee Elementary in Dade City; and Quail Hollow Elementary in Wesley Chapel.  

“We are so grateful and overwhelmed by the wonderful donations that the community gave to support the Back to School Supply Drive at Gulfside’s Thrift Shoppes,” said Linda Ward, Gulfside’s president and CEO. “Thanks to the donations, more children and families were able to receive school supplies from the Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco and Gulfside Regional Hospice than ever before.”

The Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco, chartered in 1967, sponsors the Special Person Program at Red Apple Training School, as well as supports The Angelus, S.O.L.V.E. of West Pasco and collecting school supplies for needy kids. The club meets weekly on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at The Broken Yolk Restaurant, 3350 Grand Blvd in Holiday, and guests are welcome to attend. To learn more about becoming a member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco, call 727-842-2254.

Gulfside Regional Hospice, established as a nonprofit corporation in Pasco County in 1988 and initially licensed in 1989, serves more than 300 patients daily. GRH employs over 250 professionals and has more than 550 volunteers, and is the only hospice that serves Pasco County exclusively. Gulfside Regional Hospice was selected the 2011 Non-profit of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. For more information about Gulfside Regional Hospice, call 727-845-5707 or visit www.GRHospice.org.

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Photo provided by Gulfside Regional Hospice:
Caption 1 – Members of the Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco pose with staff from Gulfside Regional Hospice and Mittye P. Locke Elementary School. Gulfside Regional Hospice and the Kiwanis Club partnered to collect school supplies for needy children in Pasco County.  

From left to right is Tom King, Kiwanis Club; Tom Burke, President of Kiwanis Club of Greater West Pasco; Linda Ward, President and CEO at Gulfside Regional Hospice; Ashley Juno, Director of Community Relations at Gulfside Regional Hospice; Adam Wolin, Principal at
Mittye P. Locke; and Maria Schiro, guidance counselor at Mittye P. Locke.