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Burlington Stores, a national discount retailer offering low prices every day on brand name
merchandise for the entire family and home, has donated $5,000 through its partnership with the national non-profit organization, AdoptAClassroom.org, in celebration of its new store now open in Houma.
Funds will be used towards school supplies to help ensure students at Legion Park have the learning materials and tools they need to succeed now and in the future.
A representative from AdoptAClassroom.org reached out to district and school administrators and helped to secure the donation for Legion Park, which will support approximately 20 classrooms with new supplies.
According to Principal McGuire, the teachers will use the funds on a number of new classroom items.
“On behalf of the Terrebonne Parish School District, I would like to welcome our new local Burlington store to Houma, Louisiana, and thank them for their generous donation through their partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org to our school,” said McGuire. “Our teachers are so excited to purchase the tools they need for their students. We are thankful for the support we received from Burlington and AdoptAClassroom.org.”
As part of Burlington’s new holistic community giving approach of adding value to local communities, and in partnership with their national nonprofit partner AdoptAClassroom.org, they hope to help empower those in their local store communities to live a better life and build a better future. Each time Burlington opens a new store, they celebrate by adopting and funding local classrooms in their new store community. The new Houma Burlington is now open at 1643 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
AdoptAClassroom.org believes every child deserves the tools and materials they need to learn and thrive in school. Since 1998, AdoptAClassroom.org has raised $73 million and equipped 7 million students across the U.S. The 501(c)(3) organization holds the highest 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and the highest transparency rating offered by Candid/GuideStar. For more information, or to make a donation, please click here.
