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An eighth grader from Louisiana is making sure his classmates have everything they need this school year. Thirteen-year-old Chase Neyland-Square has created a closet in his middle school filled with clothes and school supplies for students to take.
Neyland-Square, a student at Port Allen Middle School in Louisiana, runs "PAM's Pantry" out of a closet behind a stage in the school's gym. It's filled to the brim with donated clothes, which can be worn by any student in need.
"I know that everybody doesn't have things and I'm fortunate to have things that other people don't have, and I look at it as sometimes, how would I feel in that situation?" Neyland-Square told CBS Baton Rouge affiliate WAFB.
Families in the community can come take clothes from the closet at any time, no questions asked.
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The idea was born through the school's SPARK (Student Program for Arts, Recreation, and Knowledge program), where students brainstorm ideas for projects over the summer and then work to implement them. Principal Jessica Major started the program in 2016 with the goal of creating young leaders.
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Thirteen year old, Chase.
democrank
(11,094 posts)and what a good idea.
sheshe2
(83,748 posts)Excuse my wording. I really wish we could Unfuck America to give them all a chance to become the leaders we need and the people truly deserve.
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)every school should have this. It is a great way to recycle outgrown clothes.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)gave up a trip to Disney World to feed Bahamians, you have to feel that humanity still has a fighting chance.
sheshe2
(83,748 posts)I hadn't heard about the 7 year old.
They both and others like them give me hope.
calimary
(81,220 posts)sheshe2
(83,748 posts)Hope.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Well done, Chase!
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,974 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,851 posts)I've done some volunteer work with the homeless, and a "Community Closet" has always been part of it.