RP Receives PCCF Grant to Improve Clothing Closet

Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School received a grant from the Parke County Community Foundation including funds from the Allan & Marjorie Bradfield Family Heritage Legacy Fund, the Dixon Family's Children's Pathway of Hope Endowment Fund, and the Jack & Christine Sanders Family Heritage Fund. With this grant RP purchased two locking storage cabinets, castors, and sixteen storage boxes to organize and store items for its Clothing Closet. The goal of this project is to further organize the Clothing Closet to make it more efficient, secure, and remove items from occupying an instructional space. The Applied Careers and Exploration class at Riverton Parke will be in charge of sorting, folding, and organizing these cabinets to make the clothing and other items more accessible to students and reduce the amount of time required to find and retrieve requested items. Throughout the last decade, teachers at Riverton Parke have partnered with community members and organizations to provide clothes, school supplies, and personal hygiene products to students in need. Principal Kyle Kersey commented, “We are thankful that the Parke County Community Foundation continues to support us and the needs of our students here and in other area schools. We are very fortunate to be able to partner with such a great organization.”

Pictured with the new cabinets are, from left: Assistant Principal Chet Dickey, Parke County Community Foundation Office and Program Director Colleen Engle, and teachers, Nikki Jacks, Katelyn Walters, and Lisa Harmon.