‘Tools for Schools’ drive under way

11:48 a.m., Nov. 25, 2003--The UD chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is teaming up with World Vision International, a humanitarian organization, to collect school supplies for children in developing countries. Called “Tools for Schools: Spreading the Hope Across South Asia,” the effort is soliciting donations being collected through Friday, Dec. 5, across campus.

“Many kids are born into a cycle of poverty, and we want to give them a chance to break free from that,” Dhiren Ponnambalam, vice president of public relations for NSCS at UD, said. “The schools in the [South Asian] region have way fewer resources than the U.S.”

Donation boxes for the drive are located in Trabant University Center and Perkins Student Center. Every resident assistant in the central complex residence halls (Smyth, Sussex, Squire, Cannon, New Castle, Kent, Warner, Brown, Sypherd, Harter, and Sharp) has a donation bag and central complex residence halls have a donation box in every staff office. NSCS also will have a kiosk in Trabant from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Thursday, Dec. 4, to collect supplies.

Besides donations from the students and faculty, NSCA seeks donations from corporations and community members.

NSCS is collecting for all types of school supplies, but is especially interested in donations of plain wooden pencils, blue and black ballpoint pens, notebooks, pencil sharpeners, erasers, crayons and rulers.

For more information, visit [www.nscs.org/udel] or contact Ponnambalam at [adhiren@udel.edu].

Article by Dean Geddes, AS ‘05

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