$2,500 Grant Provided By Plum Creek Foundation for School Supplies, Dec. 18

Plum Creek Foundation has awarded $2,500 to the Coos Bay Area Zonta Foundation to purchase school supplies for low-income children in all six Coos County school districts.  Supplies will be purchased and distributed during the 2014-2015 school year.  Zonta’s Little Red Schoolhouse Program began in 1998 to respond to the overwhelming number of children in Coos County who arrived on the first day of school with no supplies.  This program provides basic school supplies to low-income students at all six school districts in the county.  Over 4,400 children in Coos County qualified for assistance at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year in September.  Plum Creek Foundation is the charitable arm of the Plum Creek Timber Company, a national natural resources company with an office in Coos Bay.  “The Plum Creek Foundation has supported many non-profit organizations in our community over the years,” says Michaela Vonderohe, Little Red Schoolhouse Coordinator.  “Zonta is grateful for this generous award; it will help us reach even more schoolchildren in Coos County who need our help.”  For more information, or to donate to Little Red Schoolhouse, please contact Michaela Vonderohe at 541-217-1058 or mkayla2000@yahoo.com.