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Thousands of South Florida Students Head Back to School with New Backpacks and School Supplies Through Support from U.S. Sugar

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Clewiston, FL – As South Florida schools begin to re-open doors for the year, U.S. Sugar’s employees have been distributing backpacks and school supplies to thousands of students in Hendry and Palm Beach counties. The sugarcane and market-fresh vegetable farming company has been partnering with local libraries, churches, cities and health centers to deliver the school supplies over the past few weeks.

U.S. Sugar’s Brannan Thomas, Ryan Duffy and Vicki Markham with Clewiston students after handing out backpacks and supplies at the Clewiston Library.

“U.S. Sugar is committed to supporting student success in the classroom, and that starts by providing the tools students need to have an outstanding school year,” said Brannan Thomas, U.S. Sugar’s Community Relations Director. “On behalf of our company’s 3,000 employees, we wish the teachers, faculty members, parents and students a safe and successful school year.”

“Palm Beach County schools are greatly enriched through the generosity of corporate neighbors like U.S. Sugar,” said James Gavrilos, President & CEO of the Palm Beach County Education Foundation. “By aligning with us on delivering much-needed school supplies, it’s clear U.S. Sugar shares our foundation’s commitment to supporting and expanding learning opportunities throughout the region.”

As part of U.S. Sugar’s back-to-school drive providing backpacks and school supplies, it distributed nearly 5,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to local students and provided school uniforms to students in LaBelle. U.S. Sugar’s partners in the region included:

·         Clewiston Library

·         Florida B. Thomas Community Library in Harlem

·         Florida Community Health Centers in the Glades Communities

·         Christ Central Church in LaBelle

·         Palm Beach County Education Foundation throughout the Glades

·         City of South Bay

·         Melissa’s House in Pahokee

·         Melissa’s Place homeless shelter in Pahokee

“Families in Clewiston, Harlem and the Glades Communities are incredibly grateful for U.S. Sugar’s support for school supplies as students begin to head back to school,” said Nardina Johnson, Center Administrator for the Florida Community Health Center in Clewiston. “Our communities can always count on U.S. Sugar to step up and provide support when it is needed, and this school year is no exception.”

Thank you note from the Palm Beach County Education Foundation after backpack and school supplies were delivered in Palm Beach County’s Glades community schools.

About U.S. Sugar

U.S. Sugar is a South Florida farming company that sustainably grows sugarcane, citrus, sweet corn and other winter and spring vegetables that feed American families.  The company was founded in 1931 by Charles Stewart Mott, a visionary leader who hailed from a long line of farmers. Since the beginning, the company’s success has been rooted in traditional farming values and respect for the land. For more information, please visit www.ussugar.com.

U.S. Sugar Providing More than 2,000 Area Students with Backpacks and School Supplies For Back to School

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Clewiston, FL – This fall, thousands of Glades-area students will be heading back to school with new uniforms, backpacks and school supplies thanks to generous support from the people of U.S. Sugar. During these next few weeks, employees from the company will be on hand at community events to help distribute the materials to schoolchildren and their parents in Glades, Hendry, and Palm Beach Counties.

U.S. Sugar Community Relations Director Brannan Thomas with local students and Clewiston Library Director Natasha Hayes.

“There is perhaps no better investment in our communities that investing in our children to help them succeed in school,” said Community Relations Director Brannan Thomas. “This summer, U.S. Sugar is stepping up in a big way to provide local students with much-needed schools supplies such as school uniforms, backpacks, pencils, crayons, folders, and paper.”

As part of the company’s back to school efforts, the people of U.S. Sugar are partnering with local organizations and city governments: City of South Bay, Clewiston Library, Inspiration of God Church in South Bay, Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, Florida Community Health Center in Clewiston and the Glades County Library.

On July 25, 2023, U.S. Sugar Community Relations Director Brannan Thomas talks about the upcoming school year with local students from Clewiston.

Schedule for the distribution of school supplies:

–          July 28, 2023: Glades County Library distributing backpacks and school supplies

–          July 29, 2023: City of South Bay distributing backpacks and school supplies

–          July 29, 2023: Florida Community Health Center in Clewiston distributing backpacks and school supplies

–          August 6, 2023: Inspiration Church of God in South Bay distributing school uniforms

–          August 11, 2023: Education Foundation of Palm Beach County distributing backpacks and school supplies

“We are incredibly thankful to U.S. Sugar for always being so willing to contribute to the community when it needs something,” said Nardina Johnson, Center Administrator for the Florida Community Health Center in Clewiston. “As a local resident and Mom, I know how much this means to parents as they get ready to send their children back to school soon.”

“The City of South Bay greatly appreciates the generosity of U.S. Sugar for supporting our children and providing essential school supplies as another school year is set to begin,” said South Bay Mayor Joe Kyles. “We can always count on our friends in agriculture to help support those in need.”

U.S. Sugar is a South Florida farming company that sustainably grows sugarcane, citrus, sweet corn and other winter and spring vegetables.  The company was founded in 1931 by Charles Stewart Mott, a visionary leader who hailed from a long line of farmers. Since the beginning, the company’s success has been rooted in traditional farming values and respect for the land. For more information, please visit www.ussugar.com.

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