Serving the 71st District with Mike Boland

Earlier this year, we put together a nice little school supplies drive for students in Representative Boland's district. Many of the more urban schools in the Quad Cities region already benefit from other drives of this type, but we found there was a need in some of the smaller more rural school districts.

In the end, something around 15 boxes were collected, many of them heaping full with supplies for children in need. On top of that, Rep Boland personally purchased more than $150 of school supplies himself to add to the total. The school supplies drive was coordinated by Anne from Representative Boland’s District Legislative office.

The drive was supported by a number of local businesses and libraries who all were kind enough to allow us to place drop-off boxes at their location. Many thanks go out to all who helped, especially the individuals who supplied the donations, and the libraries and businesses who assisted.

Here, Representative Boland is pictured with Connie Boonstra, who is the Director of Morrison's public library.