J Cuts school supply drive yields success

Front row, from left: Jennifer Sneider, owner, J Cuts; Marcia Jones, BHcare; Nicole Polifka, Bright Horizons Day Care; and Phyllis Hyde, Barb”™s Corner Consignment. Back row, from left: Ross James, barber, J Cuts; Jennifer Olson, principal, Irving School; Jen Deleon, Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley; Suzanne Reilly, director, Family Support Services, TEAM Inc.; and Jessica Lanzi, Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center. Missing from picture: Jane Bailey, Shelton School Readiness Council.

J Cuts held its ninth annual school book bag and supply drive, 505 Howe Ave., Shelton. Led by owner Jennifer Sneider, J Cuts is the main collection site for supplies, including book bags, book covers, rulers, pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks, binders, glue, crayons, calculators, pencil sharpeners, paper and folders.

This year, J Cuts collected more than 138 book bags and an abundance of supplies for children served by TEAM Inc. and Irving School in Derby; Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, the Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Resource Center and the Shelton School Readiness Program, all in Shelton; and BHcare in Ansonia. Additionally, the Connecticut Dental Health Partnership donated more than 250 oral kits, each containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss and oral health education.