Pack the School Helps More than 200 Teachers With School Supplies
Horace Mann Elementary third-grade teacher Janet Hopper, Will Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Shelby Cowden, and Shawnee Middle School eighth-grade math teacher Stephanie Bayne select school supplies during the Second Annual Pack the School Teacher Supply Stop, held at First United Bank's Harrison branch in Shawnee on Aug. 1. Hopper has been a teacher for 29 years and said she spends over $200 on supplies each year.
A long line of teachers from around the county formed outside Shawnee’s First United Bank - Harrison branch Community Room on Aug. 1.
They were patiently waiting to “shop” at the Second Annual Pack the School Teacher Supply Stop, held from 11 am to 1 pm.
Amanda Johnson, First United Bank’s Spend Life Wisely Ambassador, said they had 250 teachers last year and planned for 300 this year. Following the…
