{"id":22225,"date":"2017-09-05T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T14:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=22225"},"modified":"2017-09-05T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T14:04:00","slug":"ucfsd-to-raise-funds-for-texas-school-hit-by-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=22225","title":{"rendered":"UCFSD to raise funds for Texas school hit by floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5072\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5072\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5072\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henderson Middle School in Sour Lake, Texas at the height of the flooding. The building suffered so much flood damage, it will need to be replaced.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a Chester County School District is reaching out to a sister district in the Beaumont, Texas area that saw its middle school largely destroyed by flooding in the aftermath of the storm.<\/p>\n<p>The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is adopting the Hardin-Jefferson Independent School District in Sour Lake, Texas, according to Unionville High School Principal Jimmy Conley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sour Lake Community was hit extremely hard by Hurricane Harvey,&#8221; Conley wrote in an email to the greater school community. &#8220;We will have a series of fundraising opportunities for our community, throughout the school year, in order to provide our extended family in Sour Lake with whatever support th<span class=\"m_535777630447789069m_-9161797618735823715gmail-text_exposed_show\">at they will need. The upcoming months will be difficult for the Sour Lake community, but I know that the kindness and generosity of our UCFSD families will be felt by the Hardin-Jefferson families.&#8221;<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first such event will be Friday night, when Unionville hosts Avon Grove in football. Avon Grove has a direct connection with the HJISD: the Hemmert Family, who were long-time Avon Grove residents, now live there.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a collection table near the ticket booth for the 7 p.m. game. At this time, donations are asked to be in cash or gift cards frm the following outlets: Lowe&#8217;s, Home Depot, Target, Wal-Mart, Bed Bath and Beyond, Ace Hardware, JC Penney, or Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Additional events will be announced later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a Chester County School District is reaching out to a sister district in the Beaumont, Texas area that saw its middle school largely destroyed by flooding in the aftermath of the storm. 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