Book and School Supply Drive to Benefit

Makuta Primary School in Botswana Doctoral Candidates from The School of Educa on at Michigan State University will be traveling to Botswana this June as part of a two-week study abroad program. The MSU team will be visi ng Makuta Primary School & Orphanage. While at the Orphanage, the MSU team will work with the children on Life Skill Development and will put on a sports camp.

The Makuta Primary School educates and houses 225 students including approxi-mately 20 Needy Students and 20 Orphans. There are 10 Teachers and an addi onal 10 staff members. Students range in age from 5-14. This school provides a future for the children who live and learn at this facility.

In order to further help them and to thank them for the opportunity to visit their school, the MSU team is collec ng basic school supplies and new or used books.

We are specifically looking for:

• Notebooks, Pens, Pencils, Crayons, Colored Pencils, Staplers

• New or Used books for children ages 5-14

We also want to give a shout out to the Grand Rapids office for hos ng their 12th Annual Chili Cook Off to benefit Kid’s Food Basket. Thank

you for your commitment to serve our communi es!

We will have a collec on box at the Michigan/Indiana Business Center Mee ng on Tuesday, February 26th. If you are interested in helping, please bring your

dona on to this mee ng.