West Aurora School District 129 administration center members recently donated funds and Winter gear to holiday drives.
According to the District’s weekly E-newsletter, nearly $1,000 was raised to give 19 District 129 students in need a happy holiday season through the Angel Tree Project.
Additionally, numerous Winter accessories were collected and donated to Maddies’ Mitten March. Madeline Bozik of North Aurora, a 2017 West Aurora High School graduate, founded and directs the nonprofit that collects clothing and monetary donations to aid needy residents in Kane County.
Bozik, a mechanical engineering major at Bradley University in Peoria, uses two buses to collect, store, and distribute coats, gloves, mittens, scarves, hats, and boots. For more information and methods of donations, visit mittenmobile.com/donate.
— West Aurora School District 129