By KRISTIE LINDEN
In a time when many children in the Mon Valley face the prospect of heading to school each morning without clean clothing — or maybe they lack the personal hygiene products they need — Ringgold Middle School teachers and counselors have found a way to help.
About a year ago, math teacher Jen Czaniecki and guidance counselor Amy Lucas started talking to principal James Klugh about starting a Care Closet at the middle school.
“Basically, the way it was proposed, people in need of things could shop for free,” Klugh said.
The Care Closet contains just about anything a middle school student could need — clothing, outerwear, school supplies, personal hygiene supplies, underwear, deodorant, shoes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, bodywash and more in its jam-packed cabinets.
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