MGH Institute of Health Professions Donates Supplies to Harvard-Kent Elementary School

Harvard-Kent Elementary School Principal Jason Gallagher (center, kneeling) with some of his students along with MGH Institute staffers (back, l-r) Steve Ciesielski, Liz Pipes, and Kathy Zuluaga, pose with new school supplies.

MGH Institute of Health Professions donated more than $500 worth of supplies to the Harvard-Kent Elementary School on October 19.

The MGH Institute’s Staff Council Community Service Committee organized the drive at the Navy Yard health sciences graduate school. Donated items included crayons, markers, No. 2 pencils, notebooks, arts and craft supplies, construction paper, glue sticks, colored pencils, and two cases of copy paper – essential supplies that help teaches educate their pupils.

“We are thrilled that the staff at the MGH Institute was able to make such a generous donation of supplies to our students and staff,” said Harvard-Kent School Principal Jason Gallagher. “It will make a huge difference in our classrooms."

“The MGH Institute is committed to being a good neighbor in Charlestown,” noted the Institute’s Elizabeth Pipes, who coordinated the drive along with Steve Ciesielski, Val Grande, Amanda Tarbet, and Kathy Zuluaga. “Our health care students regularly have clinical placements at the Harvard-Kent, and others help out during our annual Community IMPACT Day of service each September, so it is gratifying to participate in the IHP’s efforts to make a difference in the lives of these pupils.”