RVTC's Pre Technical Studies class participates in community service project

Counselor Ally Oswald and students with boxes of donated shoes.
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RVTC's Pre Technical Studies class participates in community service project Dec 15, 2014 Photo by: Courtesy Counselor Ally Oswald and students carry boxes of donated shoes back to Green Mountain High School. SPRINGFIELD — Brand new snowboard boots, gloves, mittens, helmets, impact waistcoats, compression shorts, kidney shields, bindings and shoes were some of the hundreds of items that students in the morning Pre Technical Studies Program at the River Valley Technical Center received Thursday, Dec. 4 in Williston, Vermont as part of a community service project. These new and like-new items were generously donated to Danielle (Hunt) Pinders, an employee of NFI in northern Vermont, by the Burton Company, well-known for their vast array of snowboarding products. Mrs. Pinders, a former SHS graduate, received this generous donation with the stipulation that the items go to Vermont organizations. Mrs. Vanessa Bishop, Danielle’s sister, contacted her son Colin’s teacher Mrs. Morgan Brown, to get the ball rolling on this project. The 14 students in the morning Pre Technical Studies Program, along with four adults, traveled to Williston to unload items from the storage unit to bring back to Springfield. The students were given the opportunity to decide what to do with these items. Many of the items are being donated. The shoes will be donated to area middle schools and high schools for the nurses to distribute to those who need them. The snowboard equipment is being donated to local youth snowboard programs, including the All-4-One program at Park Street. Please contact Tami Stagner at Park Street School by email at tstagner@ssdvt.org or by phone at (802) 885- 2531 if you are interested in any of the donated items. Additionally, some of the items are being sold at an extremely reduced rate to raise money for area organizations that the students chose.