Charlestown Helps Riverview Elementary School

CATONSVILE, MD (August 13, 2015) – The Erickson Living Values Team and Charlestown retirement community's resident Fab 40 group collaborated on a "Back To School" drive to benefit Riverview Elementary School in Lansdowne, MD.  The following generous donations – in addition to $675 in cash -- were given today to assist children in need:

130 spiral notebooks

90 composition notebooks

30 packs of loose leaf paper

77 packs of pencils

86 boxes of crayons

23 packs of ink pens

149 glue sticks

21 bottles of Elmer's glue

32 pairs of scissors

22 packs of erasers

20 pencil cases.

4 backpacks

Riverview Elementary School is a comprehensive, community school with 590 students, grades Pre-K through Five. High expectations for academic performance and behavior coupled with differentiated, high quality, data driven instruction prepares students to be this country's leaders and problem solvers of the future.

The school is technology rich, with SMART Boards in every classroom, two computer laboratories, two mobile computer labs, a television studio, and a host of individual technology tools, making Riverview Elementary an exciting 21st Century Learning Environment.