Every year, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation and East Chapel Hill Rotary team up for a major event: the annual Teacher Supply Store, giving CHCCS teachers the chance to pick up school supplies ahead of the academic year so they don’t have to pay for those supplies out of their own pockets. This year’s Teacher Supply Store runs from August 17-19 at Smith Middle School, with over a thousand local teachers invited to take part – all thanks to the Public School Foundation, the ECH Rotary, and numerous other businesses and organizations here in our community.

Aaron chats with Madeline Blobe and Allison Worthy of the Public School Foundation.

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