Louisiana Eighth-Grader Creates Supply Closet at His Middle School for Classmates in Need
September 23, 2019
By: Debra West
Source: The 74
It’s not every 13-year-old who knows his purpose in life, but Chase Neyland-Square is that special kind of eighth-grader. “I have a heart for giving,” Chase told Good Morning America. “I just love helping people.”
That’s not news to his classmates or teachers at Louisiana’s Port Allen Middle School, where the teen set up PAM’s Pantry. A closet stuffed with clothes, shoes, school supplies and more, PAM’s Pantry gives children in need the chance to get something special they might otherwise have to do without. “I run this pantry because I believe that students shouldn’t be bullied or categorized based on what they have on,” he told WAFB-TV on the first day of school.
Students know they can whisper to the school receptionist or a teacher that they need something from the pantry, and the adult will quietly get it for them.