Our Impact
Donors and volunteers become Friends of the TST Foundation helping us connect community through caring and kindness.Kindness In Action
2,000+
The number of students and their families who have been positively impacted by Comet Care Closets
95%
Amount of students in our local district that qualify for reduced or free lunch
250
Approx. number of hygiene kits have been procured, packed, and delivered to Comet Care Closets in one year
Foundation Highlight: Comet Care Closet
How It Started
When district officials from Coventry Local Schools sat down with us and identified that a Care Closet would help students in need at the high school, we got to work! First, we found a space, built it out, and then provided racks, bins, cubbies, hangers, and other essential items necessary for a workable boutique experience. Friends of the Foundation provided the sweat equity and all other identified expenses.
Powerful Community Response
When the Care Closet opened, the response was awe-inspiring and powerful. We declined naming rights, as we believe remaining anonymous helps to remove a barrier to access for students in need or crisis. Comet Care Closet was the name agreed upon!
Providing More Than Essential Items
In addition to new clothes, the Comet Care Closet provides Personal Care Product Kits which include shampoo, conditioner, soap, combs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, body wash, deodorant, various feminine hygiene products, and hand soap. These items empower numerous students to take ownership of their needs. The result is kids coming to school ready to learn!
Community Success Stories
Sometimes, the smallest acts of kindness can make the biggest impact.
These are just some of the ways our foundation works to connect our community through caring and kindness.
Supporting Wreath Across America
Friends of the Foundation volunteered for Wreath Across America, laying wreaths on every veteran’s grave in two local cemeteries. We also become an annual steward of an adopt-a-spot memory garden. We believe that giving back through action is just as impactful as giving financially!
New Bike Delivered to Local Student
Coventry Local Schools’ guidance department requested the funds from TST Foundation to repair a student’s damaged bicycle. The student uses the bike for transportation to/from school and his part-time job. The student is studying at the career center in the paramedic firefighter program. After the bike was deemed unrepairable, the foundation procured, assembled and delivered a new bike and bike lock to the student.
Gift Bags for Local Residents
Coventry Local Schools’ guidance department requested the funds from TST Foundation to repair a student’s damaged bicycle. The student uses the bike for transportation to/from school and his part-time job. The student is studying at the career center in the paramedic firefighter program. After the bike was deemed unrepairable, the foundation procured, assembled and delivered a new bike and bike lock to the student.
Comet Care Closet
Over 400 items were collected for the Comet Care Closet.
1st Annual Soap Game
The community response for our first annual Soap Game was overwhelming. As a result of the donations over 50 hygiene bags were assembled and delivered to The Comet Care Closets throughout Coventry Local Schools.
We’re always finding ways to spread Tari’s light in our community!
The Foundation welcomes recommendations for connecting community through caring and kindness. We encourage you to reach out today!
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