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Giving Kids the Tools They Need to Succeed

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By Lisa Heilman , East Side District Councils
July 25, 2008

Many of our area schools will be starting soon. The supply list for each student seems to get longer and more expensive every year, Imagine not being able to afford those supplies. The economy has hit everyone and those in need the most dramatically.

The East Side District Councils are holding our annual school supply drive to support needy Eastside school children and area schools. We need new and unused crayons, notebooks, pens and pencils, looseleaf paper, calculators and other school supplies. Contributors can bring school supplies to several drop locations in our neighborhoods including the District Council offices. Donations will be distributed to elementary, junior and senior high schools in District 1 (Conway/Battlecreek), District 2 (Hazel Park/Hillcrest), District 4 (Daytons Bluff) and District 5 (Payne Phalen) NeighborhoodsSupplies are given to the schools directly for distribution.

For a list of drop locations, to make a tax-deductible cash donation or if you would like your business/school to be a drop site please contact Lisa at the District 2 Community Council at 651-774-2220 or via email lisa@district2council.org. You can also check out our website at www.eastsideschoolsupplies.org.

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Unemployment up / Latest student test scores / General Mills: How do they do it? / Excel Dairy still making people sick / more

By Mary Turck , News Day blog

Happy Fourth of July! I will be publishing some other articles on my blog, but no News Day over the holiday weekend. Keep reading the Daily Planet, come visit the blog, and News Day will return on Monday.

Unemployment up – slightly June unemployment (seasonally adjusted) rose to 9.5 percent, up from 9.4 percent in May in the official figure. The U-6 figure, which includes discouraged workers and those who are working part-time because they cannot find full-time jobs, rose from 16.4 percent to 16.5 percent. MORE

• And the tests show – not much Newest round of MCA test results for MN students
• General Mills puzzle How can profits almost double, when sales go up only five percent?
• Excel Dairy – still making people sick Despite lawsuits and MPCA orders, more hydrogen sulfide in the air
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“By almost any indicator, in terms of income, education, healthcare, and home ownership,” said Councilmember Robert Lilligren, “in Minneapolis, the gap between communities of color and white communities is greater than almost every city in the country. After such a robust civil rights movement in this city, that gap is still persistent, and it grows. I can only imagine that this gap exists because of discrimination.” MORE »

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