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Charlotte School Supply Drive “Creates an Even Playing Field” For Kids


Topic: Education
Posted on 9/19/2025

The “9 School Tools” campaign from Charlotte, N.C.’s, WSOC 9, owned by Cox Media Group, is the Carolinas’ largest school supply drive. Partnering with Classroom Central, the drive supports over 162,000 eligible students. “It definitely creates kind of like an even playing field for kids,” one local teacher told the station.



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