Sunday, December 16, 2012

Gulf Gate Elementary students donate ‘Shoe Boxes for Seniors’

The Gulf Gate Elementary School Student Council recently contributed 79 shoeboxes filled with gifts to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s Shoe Boxes for Seniors project.
The boxes, which will be distributed to needy seniors in nursing homes, are filled with soap, combs, brushes, nail clippers and other health and beauty items, bedroom slippers, magazines and more.
“As they’ve done in the past, our students were happy to help with this worthwhile project,” said Gulf Gate Elementary Principal Robin Magac. “Many of our students, parents and staff members contributed items for the boxes and the Student Council members boxed them up for the project. I’m so glad our students realize the importance of giving back to their community.”
The Gulf Gate school family joined other donors in the area who prepared Shoe Boxes for

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