Students help BridgePointe Goodwill

To the Editor:

During the last two weeks of April, Seymour-Jackson Elementary School participated in a donation drive to benefit BridgePointe Services and Goodwill Industries of Southern Indiana.

The drive was a huge success, bringing in more than 400 donations. BridgePointe Services Goodwill would like to extend a very warm "thank you" to all of the students, teachers and administrators who helped in the effort. Classes were competing in donation numbers in order to give their teachers a chance to participate in the school's game show, "So You Think You Are Smarter Than a Fifth-grader?"

Students also showed their spirit by making posters to hang around the school promoting the donation drive.

Donated items will be sold in BridgePointe Services Goodwill stores, where proceeds benefit adults and children with disabilities and disadvantages.

BridgePointe also partners with local agencies including Anchor House, Human Services Inc., Boys & Girls Club of Seymour, WIC, Healthy Families, the Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross to provide clothing vouchers for individuals and families in crisis situations.

Services at BridgePointe Services Goodwill are made possible by its 11 Goodwill retail stores throughout southern Indiana, Metro United Way, donors and community funding partners.

For information on how your school or organization can take part in a donation drive to benefit BridgePointe Services Goodwill, please call Sonya Shull, donation and product services coordinator, at (812) 592-2923.

For information on services provided at BridgePointe, please visit us online at our Web site: www.bridgepointe.org.

Cheryl Wingler
Seymour Goodwill
Seymour, Ind.