RTA and ATU donate school supplies to Boys and Girls Club

(DAYTON, OHIO)… Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) employees helped local kids start the school year equipped to learn with a donation of school supplies to the Boys & Girls Club of Dayton (BGCD).

The agency's annual "Stuff the Bus" school supply drive ran from July 15 to Aug. 16. The RTA and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1385 combined to donate approximately $3,000 worth of backpacks, school supplies and after-school snacks.

RTA and union leadership helped hand out 275 backpacks pre-filled with supplies to kids of all ages at the club's Back-to-School Community Block Party on Aug. 29.

"BGCD is humbled and grateful for the outpouring of support from the Greater Dayton RTA & ATU," said Emma Kane, resource development manager for the Boys & Girls Club. "The back-to-school season was fruitful for our community because of (RTA's) generous support."

RTA's Chief Transportation Officer Roland Caldwell said the annual school supply drive holds special meaning for him as a former "club" kid.

"It makes me proud that RTA and ATU can join together to bring joy to the children in the community we serve," he said.

For more than 90 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Dayton has specialized in youth development by providing access to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning experiences. The club also provides members with mental and behavioral health support, healthy meals and snacks, and critical academic intervention. For more information about the organization and how you can support its mission, please visit www.bgcdayton.org.

MEDIA CONTACT: Kristi Newton (937) 425-8379, Communications and Community Relations Manager