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Portledge Lower School Donates to Sandlick Elementary, Haysi, VA

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Over the festive season, Portledge Lower School held a holiday charitable effort, in which they continued a philanthropic project started in 2015, aimed at supporting some of our country’s most impoverished citizens.

Haysi, Virginia, has a per capita income of about $18,000 per year and a median household income of about $30,000 annually. The economy is based primarily on coal mining, and an 80% decline in the price of metallurgical coal over the last three years has shut down most of the area mines and devastated the community, with unemployment over 25%, based on last year’s numbers, and rising.

One of our Portledge families owns a company in the town of Haysi, and they are working rapidly to transform their factory into a nanotechnology center, which could revolutionize the community by supplying much needed jobs. In the meantime, the people of Haysi struggle to have enough food and adequate clothing on a daily basis.

This year, Portledge families donated an overwhelming supply of gently used clothing and toys that was delivered to the local Sandlick Elementary School. Sandlick school officials were incredibly grateful. We would like to thank you all for your support of Sandlick Elementary families again this year.
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