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sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 05:07 PM Sep 2019

13-year-old creates school closet to give clothes and supplies to classmates in need

An eighth grader from Louisiana is making sure his classmates have everything they need this school year. Thirteen-year-old Chase Neyland-Square has created a closet in his middle school filled with clothes and school supplies for students to take.

Neyland-Square, a student at Port Allen Middle School in Louisiana, runs "PAM's Pantry" out of a closet behind a stage in the school's gym. It's filled to the brim with donated clothes, which can be worn by any student in need.

"I know that everybody doesn't have things and I'm fortunate to have things that other people don't have, and I look at it as sometimes, how would I feel in that situation?" Neyland-Square told CBS Baton Rouge affiliate WAFB.

Families in the community can come take clothes from the closet at any time, no questions asked.

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The idea was born through the school's SPARK (Student Program for Arts, Recreation, and Knowledge program), where students brainstorm ideas for projects over the summer and then work to implement them. Principal Jessica Major started the program in 2016 with the goal of creating young leaders.

Read More. Video at the link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/13-year-old-creates-school-closet-to-give-clothes-and-supplies-to-classmates-in-need/

Thirteen year old, Chase.

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13-year-old creates school closet to give clothes and supplies to classmates in need (Original Post) sheshe2 Sep 2019 OP
So many thoughtful kids out there democrank Sep 2019 #1
They are our future, democrank. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #3
nice!!work!! Chase!!! demigoddess Sep 2019 #2
Stunning Me. Sep 2019 #4
When you hear of Chase's empathy and that of the 7 year old that Blue_true Sep 2019 #5
Thanks Blue. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #7
We must not be too fucked up if we're raising kids like these two. calimary Sep 2019 #8
You are so right, calimary. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #9
What a great kid! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #6
K&R betsuni Sep 2019 #10
K&R...nt B Stieg Sep 2019 #11
awesome. pansypoo53219 Sep 2019 #12
Nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #13
Thank you, Poindexter. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #14

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
3. They are our future, democrank.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 05:39 PM
Sep 2019

Excuse my wording. I really wish we could Unfuck America to give them all a chance to become the leaders we need and the people truly deserve.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
5. When you hear of Chase's empathy and that of the 7 year old that
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 06:34 PM
Sep 2019

gave up a trip to Disney World to feed Bahamians, you have to feel that humanity still has a fighting chance.

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