The Tribune

On August 18, the Zonta Club of Nassau hosted its third annual Back-To-School Drive.

The drive was held in partnership with Phil’s Food Services Ltd, which hosted the event at its Gladstone Road facility.

The Zonta Club of Nassau realised that partnering with retail outlets is a great way of getting parents to participate while shopping for their own children’s school supplies.

The beginning of the school year means purchases of clothing, school supplies and food items that can be a strain the budget of some parents and is often out of reach for many others.

Helping children and their parents prepare for a new school year is Zonta’s way of fulfilling its mission to advance the status of women locally.

The items collected from the 2012 drive were donated to St Agnes Parish Church for the benefit of families in the Bain and Grants Town communities, where that church is located.