On July 17, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation announced that it has received a $15,000 grant from Staples Foundation, a private organization founded by Staples, Inc.
The grant will be used to support The Teacher Store, which provides free school supplies to first-year teachers, school social workers and secondary teachers in Chapel Hill-Carrboro, and to support at-risk students and their teachers at Phoenix Academy.Â
This grant brings Staples Foundation’s total contributions to the foundation to $55,000.