EVENSVILLE, Tenn. — Rhea County Schools will sponsor a Haiti relief day to collect contributions for disaster assistance in that county, school board members said.
Director of Schools Jerry Levengood said several people have asked what they can do to help with earthquake relief in Haiti. He said he has learned of a nonprofit organization, Voices for the Children, that operates an orphanage, medical clinic and school lunch program in that country, and recommended funds collected be channeled through that group.
Board members agreed to set aside a day soon to collect donations for Voices for the Children. The department of education would not give money or process donations through its bookkeeping system, members said at their meeting Thursday.
At the same meeting, Mr. Levengood discussed results of a recent inspection by the state fire marshal.
“All the schools had something that needed to be reworked, and most of that work is done,” he said.