School Supplies: Year and Donnell

school supplies: O'Donnell said the demand last year was 27 per cent more than the previous year, according to CBC. After the first week of the three-week school supply drive this year, more than 450 children were helped. But going forward to start this year, we knew we were going to start the year with a smaller level of inventory, including donations of cash, which helps us to kind of fill the need," said Mary O'Donnell, executive director of Moncton Headstart. "It always regrettable that we have to reach out and ask for donations, but that the type of work that we do," she said. 450 children helped in one week According to Moncton Headstart website, in 2015, more than 700 children were provided school supplies. O'Donnell said the list of needed supplies is long and, depending on the child grade, can vary. "I would just say everything," she said, adding that cash donations also help fill a particular need, such as backpacks. MAGMA also provided Moncton Headstart with information about family sizes to help fill the school supply need, said O'Donnell. Newcomers Moncton Headstart is working with the Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area MAGMA to help serve newcomers to the Greater Moncton Area, especially in cases when a translator is needed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.