Whitson ELL teacher Karen Wurtz has a new chair to sit in
and a lot of school supplies for her students.
She was chosen to receive $1,000 in school supplies from OfficeMax as
part of the company’s A Day Made Better Program. Wurtz, who has taught for 33 years, did not
know that she was being selected to win the school supplies. “It is awesome that OfficeMax supports
public education. This is a really
obvious way they do it, obvious to the public,” said Wurtz.
Topeka OfficeMax Manager Nick DeLong said that this is the
6th year that a local school has been awarded school supplies. The schools targeted are ones that have more
them half of their students who come from low income homes. In addition to giving a teacher $1,000 in
school supplies, Long said an additional $2,500 in school supplies was given to
the other teachers at Whitson Elementary.
The money came from Office Maxx and its customers.
Since 2007, A Day Made Better and other OfficeMax programs
have contributed more than $18 million in grants and school supplies to more
than 29,000 teachers nationwide.
