Academy for Science and Design Donates 100 Personal Toiletry Bags to the Nashua Soup Kitchen

The Academy for Science and Design (ASD), a public charter school located in Nashua, New Hampshire donated 100 personal toiletry bags to the Nashua Soup Kitchen on December 18, 2014. Part of the mission of ASD is to create responsible global citizens and as such ASD will periodically organize service projects that support the schools humanitarian efforts. For this service project, ASD partnered with the Nashua Soup Kitchen. Each grade was assigned items to donate in order to put at least 100 personal care packages together for homeless and disadvantaged people in the Nashua area. The items in these care packages included shampoo, combs, toothbrushes and toothpaste, tube socks, soap, winter gloves and more. The bags used were sewn by Kym Harmon, the Business Manager at ASD. The Nashua Soup Kitchen plans to distribute these on Christmas morning.

“Let me share with you what we will be able to do with these. We can make sure everyone in our shelter gets a toiletry bag on Christmas morning.” Carol Weeks, Nashua Soup Kitchens community outreach manager said in an email. We see many homeless at breakfast and it will be so nice for them to get something and know someone has been thinking of them.” Weeks continued.

New Hampshire faces a critical shortage of students who develop and sustain their interest in STEM fields from elementary school through college. The Academy for Science and Design, the state’s top-performing public school and largest STEM-specialty school, is aimed at expanding students’ interest and ability in STEM locally and statewide.

The Academy for Science and Design is actively seeking to partner with local companies and businesses for student centered activities such as internships in STEM fields for our students, contributions of funding or resources, and/or presenters for our SPARK Conferences. Financial donations can be an outright financial contribution in the amount of your choice, or can consist of underwriting costs for installing a specific facility, technology or program. More information can be found on our website at www.asdnh.org or by contacting Amy Bewley, Coordinator of Admissions, Marketing and Communications at Amy.Bewley@asdnh.org.