Carmelo Anthony Donates School Supplies For 4,000 NYC Students

Carmelo Anthony donated school supplies for 4,000 children in many different schools around the New York City boroughs.

New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony took advantage of an off-night to give back to the New York City community and donate to children who look up to him by donating school supplies to supply 4,000 students in classrooms all over NYC.

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He provided approximately 250 teachers from public schools within the city’s five boroughs with school supplies. According to Yard Barker, The schools included: The Bronx’s PS 70 Max Schoenfeld (55 classrooms), Manhattan’s PS 194 Countee Cullen (20 classrooms), The Bronx’s PS 112 Bronxwood (21 classrooms), Queens’ PS 140 Edward K Ellington (35 classrooms), Staten Island’s PS 44 Thomas C Brown (50 classrooms) and Manhattan’s PS 129 John H Finley (20 classrooms).

This marks the second year that the Carmelo Anthony Foundation handed out supplies via its Tools for Teachers Initiative.

"During the event, Carmelo Anthony said, “There’s a lot of times the kids come to school and they don’t have notebooks. They don’t have pens. They don’t have pencils. They don’t have the outreach for that. Sometimes teachers have to go in their own pockets and spend their own money, and that’s taking away from them. A lot of times teachers can be overlooked and overshadowed, so I want to make it as smooth as possible. Make it easy and give them what they need.”"

Carmelo Anthony is doing good in a sports culture that’s plagued by bad press, showing the good athletes can do in the world. Education is extremely important in the development of a child and teachers play one of the biggest parts in that. School supplies are vital for quality education in American and Melo deserves props for his initiative. Let’s see more athletes do more things like this.

Carmelo Anthony donated school supplies for 4,000 children in many different schools around the New York City boroughs.

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