PAST AND CURRENT PROJECTS
Images from Bel Platon Elementary in Haiti, which was ravaged by the 2017 hurricane. SCC provided school supplies for 125 children, helped pay some teachers' salaries, and helped provide food for students as well.
Images from Parker School in Panama City, Florida, which was damaged by the 2018 hurricane. SCC provided pencils, composition books, and other school supplies.
Notes from Dick Flesher
Friends of Schools Count Corp.,
This information came from the lead administrator, and founder, at Bèl Platon, Mr. Tony Delus via Erik at Haiti Partners. It just came a couple of hours ago and details what is taking place on the ground in this small village in Haiti. What is written in italics comes directly from Tony in Bel Platon. It is both devastating and heartbreaking. Photos can be found on the Haiti page.
We are collecting tax deductible donations by mail (payable to Schools Count Corp) to Dick Flesher, 12418 S. Compass Ave., Plainfield, IL 60585 or by making an online donation at www.schoolscountcorp.org. We are collecting through Friday, Oct. 28th. To those of you who have already donated, please accept my sincere thanks for your kind contribution.
Thank you, Dick Flesher
Thank you for your message. I tried to send some messages, but they wouldn't go through.
In the community of Bèl Platon:
With respect to the school facilities, there is no damage except for the church building which was torn open. There are real problems at the school now. Parents don't have anything to give their children to eat. Students with destroyed houses have nowhere to stay. It's even hard to find tarps to put over the roofs of houses. We've had 80 children return to the school. Another 40 that enrolled haven't shown up yet. We told parents repeatedly to send their kids even if they haven't paid their fees yet, because we know they don't even have enough money to eat...
For the time being we have purchased some tarps in order to wall off classroom space where children can sit. But since it's not covered, when the rain comes we cannot work. Tables get wet. It's only through awareness that we're holding up.
These numbers are, of course, estimates. That said, there’s no doubt that Matthew wreaked havoc in Bèl Platon and that basic needs - food, treated water, shelter - will be an issue for some time into the future.
Thanks,
Erik, Haiti Partners.
Dear Supporters of Schools Count,
Many of you have witnessed the horrific devastation that the floods brought to Baton Rouge, LA and many surrounding parishes. The damage is significant and many homes, businesses and schools have been damaged or destroyed.
I have been in contact with the Baker School District in the Baton Rouge area. The residents have been extremely hard hit. This morning I spoke with the Asst. Superintendent, Dr. Domingue, and she explained that 80% of the citizens and school children in Baker have taken a huge hit. The high school is not able to house students so they are now in a middle school and the middle school students have been moved to an elementary school. The upheaval is great and the need for supplies is urgent. As if this isn't enough, the Baker school district is Title 1. Sadly, this means there is a good deal of poverty in these neighborhoods.
The Schools Count Corp. Board of Directors is pleased to announce that we will assist the five schools in the Baker School District. Supplies have been ordered and will soon be shipped to Baker. We are sending $14,356.00 worth of a wide assortment of supplies/resources to the students who are in need of our assistance.
To help us with this emergency I would like to ask you to donate to this initiative. Any amount of money would be welcome!!! You can make this special donation in two ways. You can write a check payable to Schools Count Corp. and mail it to Dick Flesher, 14004 John Humphrey Dr., Orland Park, IL. 60462. In the left portion of the check where it says 'for' please write the word Baker. If you prefer to donate online go to our website at www.schoolscountcorp.org and hit the donate key. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated!!
I have included but one of many links, below, that I think you would find revealing in terms of what Baker is dealing with.
Baker, Zachary hit hard by historic flooding | Baker | theadvocate.comhttp://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/baker/article_284a5836-6228-11e6-85a9-477f28ede95b.html - 383k - Cached - Similar pages
Aug 17, 2016 ... This weekend's flooding has caused multiple road closures and .... 19,La. 964, Lower Zachary Road, Vernon Road and Old Baker Road ...
Again, thank you for your consideration and assistance. Please do contact me if you have questions or would like additional information.
Sincerely,
Dick
To our SCC Donors and Volunteers,
My apologies for getting this note of thanks to you a bit late. This past week has been a tremendous success as we delivered supplies to 42 schools in addition to providing band instruments to Barton, Harriett Beecher Stowe and Nathan Hale Middle School. Whether you loaded trucks and pallets or helped get the student supplies in the respective buildings, please know I appreciate all of your efforts. It certainly was a warm and humid number of days this week but, as always, you pulled it all off in an amazing fashion. Below are a couple of notes of thanks that I received from personnel at recipient schools and I wanted to share them with you.
Again, my profound thanks,
Dick Flesher
Mr. Flesher,
Thanks so much for the generous donation that was delivered to Tanner School yesterday. We are extremely appreciative and we look forward to using the resources to support our students' learning during the upcoming school year.
Thanks Again,
Andromeda Bellamy
Assistant Principal
Tanner Elementary School
7350 S. Evans Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60619
Good Morning Dick,
I just wanted to express our gratitude for Schools Count generous donation of school supplies to John Hay! This donation along with all your other contributions has been a blessing to our school! School Supplies will be distributed to students and teachers at our Back to School KickOff in September. Thank you for helping our school community get the school year started off well prepared!
Thanks for everything,
Crissie Williams
Assistant Principal
John Hay Community Academy
Past Initiatives: Over the past seven years, Schools Count Corp has been present in a number of areas, both in the U.S. and abroad. From 2006 through 2011 SCC brought aid to 43 schools in hurricane ravaged New Orleans. We have also provided aid to students in schools in Galveston,Texas (Hurricane Ike), New York and New Jersey public schools (Hurricane Sandy) in addition to helping to rebuild IMN School in Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Current Work: For the past four years we have provided as assortment of student supplies and materials to many CPS schools as well as many in the Robbins, Posen, Harvey and Crestwood neighborhoods. SCC also brought assistance to schools in Washington, Illinois, after the November 2013 tornado.
Recently, with the help of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Schools Count Corp. was able to purchase enough music instruments to start a band program at John Hay Elementary School. The kids are having a blast as many are learning how to play an instrument for the very time in their lives. (See photos above).
Current Projects: Between November 1st and December 10th, 2014, Schools Count Corp collected new and "gently used" winter wear for area school children, grades PK-8.
During the winter of 2014, four iPads, a table and bean bag chairs were purchased for Palmer Elementary School in Chicago for student use.
On April 27th, 2015, the Hinsdale Central High School Jazz Ensembles held a benefit to help build an elementary band program in Harvey, Illinois.
Friends of Schools Count Corp.,
This information came from the lead administrator, and founder, at Bèl Platon, Mr. Tony Delus via Erik at Haiti Partners. It just came a couple of hours ago and details what is taking place on the ground in this small village in Haiti. What is written in italics comes directly from Tony in Bel Platon. It is both devastating and heartbreaking. Photos can be found on the Haiti page.
We are collecting tax deductible donations by mail (payable to Schools Count Corp) to Dick Flesher, 12418 S. Compass Ave., Plainfield, IL 60585 or by making an online donation at www.schoolscountcorp.org. We are collecting through Friday, Oct. 28th. To those of you who have already donated, please accept my sincere thanks for your kind contribution.
Thank you, Dick Flesher
Thank you for your message. I tried to send some messages, but they wouldn't go through.
In the community of Bèl Platon:
- 35 houses were destroyed.
- 8 reservoirs were damaged/destroyed.
- 298 houses were damaged.
- 3 schools were damaged.
- 2 churches were damaged.
- 2 churches were destroyed.
- about 60 cows died.
- Roughly 1000 goats died.
- Around 25 donkeys died.
- With respect to chickens, there are none left.
With respect to the school facilities, there is no damage except for the church building which was torn open. There are real problems at the school now. Parents don't have anything to give their children to eat. Students with destroyed houses have nowhere to stay. It's even hard to find tarps to put over the roofs of houses. We've had 80 children return to the school. Another 40 that enrolled haven't shown up yet. We told parents repeatedly to send their kids even if they haven't paid their fees yet, because we know they don't even have enough money to eat...
For the time being we have purchased some tarps in order to wall off classroom space where children can sit. But since it's not covered, when the rain comes we cannot work. Tables get wet. It's only through awareness that we're holding up.
These numbers are, of course, estimates. That said, there’s no doubt that Matthew wreaked havoc in Bèl Platon and that basic needs - food, treated water, shelter - will be an issue for some time into the future.
Thanks,
Erik, Haiti Partners.
Dear Supporters of Schools Count,
Many of you have witnessed the horrific devastation that the floods brought to Baton Rouge, LA and many surrounding parishes. The damage is significant and many homes, businesses and schools have been damaged or destroyed.
I have been in contact with the Baker School District in the Baton Rouge area. The residents have been extremely hard hit. This morning I spoke with the Asst. Superintendent, Dr. Domingue, and she explained that 80% of the citizens and school children in Baker have taken a huge hit. The high school is not able to house students so they are now in a middle school and the middle school students have been moved to an elementary school. The upheaval is great and the need for supplies is urgent. As if this isn't enough, the Baker school district is Title 1. Sadly, this means there is a good deal of poverty in these neighborhoods.
The Schools Count Corp. Board of Directors is pleased to announce that we will assist the five schools in the Baker School District. Supplies have been ordered and will soon be shipped to Baker. We are sending $14,356.00 worth of a wide assortment of supplies/resources to the students who are in need of our assistance.
To help us with this emergency I would like to ask you to donate to this initiative. Any amount of money would be welcome!!! You can make this special donation in two ways. You can write a check payable to Schools Count Corp. and mail it to Dick Flesher, 14004 John Humphrey Dr., Orland Park, IL. 60462. In the left portion of the check where it says 'for' please write the word Baker. If you prefer to donate online go to our website at www.schoolscountcorp.org and hit the donate key. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated!!
I have included but one of many links, below, that I think you would find revealing in terms of what Baker is dealing with.
Baker, Zachary hit hard by historic flooding | Baker | theadvocate.comhttp://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/baker/article_284a5836-6228-11e6-85a9-477f28ede95b.html - 383k - Cached - Similar pages
Aug 17, 2016 ... This weekend's flooding has caused multiple road closures and .... 19,La. 964, Lower Zachary Road, Vernon Road and Old Baker Road ...
Again, thank you for your consideration and assistance. Please do contact me if you have questions or would like additional information.
Sincerely,
Dick
To our SCC Donors and Volunteers,
My apologies for getting this note of thanks to you a bit late. This past week has been a tremendous success as we delivered supplies to 42 schools in addition to providing band instruments to Barton, Harriett Beecher Stowe and Nathan Hale Middle School. Whether you loaded trucks and pallets or helped get the student supplies in the respective buildings, please know I appreciate all of your efforts. It certainly was a warm and humid number of days this week but, as always, you pulled it all off in an amazing fashion. Below are a couple of notes of thanks that I received from personnel at recipient schools and I wanted to share them with you.
Again, my profound thanks,
Dick Flesher
Mr. Flesher,
Thanks so much for the generous donation that was delivered to Tanner School yesterday. We are extremely appreciative and we look forward to using the resources to support our students' learning during the upcoming school year.
Thanks Again,
Andromeda Bellamy
Assistant Principal
Tanner Elementary School
7350 S. Evans Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60619
Good Morning Dick,
I just wanted to express our gratitude for Schools Count generous donation of school supplies to John Hay! This donation along with all your other contributions has been a blessing to our school! School Supplies will be distributed to students and teachers at our Back to School KickOff in September. Thank you for helping our school community get the school year started off well prepared!
Thanks for everything,
Crissie Williams
Assistant Principal
John Hay Community Academy
Past Initiatives: Over the past seven years, Schools Count Corp has been present in a number of areas, both in the U.S. and abroad. From 2006 through 2011 SCC brought aid to 43 schools in hurricane ravaged New Orleans. We have also provided aid to students in schools in Galveston,Texas (Hurricane Ike), New York and New Jersey public schools (Hurricane Sandy) in addition to helping to rebuild IMN School in Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Current Work: For the past four years we have provided as assortment of student supplies and materials to many CPS schools as well as many in the Robbins, Posen, Harvey and Crestwood neighborhoods. SCC also brought assistance to schools in Washington, Illinois, after the November 2013 tornado.
Recently, with the help of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Schools Count Corp. was able to purchase enough music instruments to start a band program at John Hay Elementary School. The kids are having a blast as many are learning how to play an instrument for the very time in their lives. (See photos above).
Current Projects: Between November 1st and December 10th, 2014, Schools Count Corp collected new and "gently used" winter wear for area school children, grades PK-8.
During the winter of 2014, four iPads, a table and bean bag chairs were purchased for Palmer Elementary School in Chicago for student use.
On April 27th, 2015, the Hinsdale Central High School Jazz Ensembles held a benefit to help build an elementary band program in Harvey, Illinois.
