Local Charter School Donates PPE from China. Students in China to participate in donation via Zoom.

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Local charter school donates PPE from China. Students in China to participate in donation via Zoom.

Texas charter district donates masks to local hospitals in need, with PPE to come, thanks to connections via sister schools in China

WHAT:

10,000 masks and 10,000 gloves will go to local hospitals on the front lines saving COVID-19 patients’ lives.

WHO/WHEN/WHERE:

DFW Area – 4,000 masks & 4,000 gloves

8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 18

*Parkland Memorial Hospital, logistics building

5223 Tex Oak Ave.

Dallas, Texas 75235

ILTexas Founder and Superintendent, Eddie Conger, will be in attendance at the drop-off. The students in China who raised the funds to purchase these masks will also take part in the donation via Zoom.

Houston Area – 4,000 masks & 4,000 gloves

7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Monday, May 18

HCA Houston Healthcare West

12141 Richmond Ave.

Houston, Texas 77082

ILTexas Houston area Superintendent, Dr. Matilda Orozco, will be in attendance at the drop-off. The students in China who raised the funds to purchase these masks will also take part in the donation via Zoom.

An additional 2,000 masks and 2,000 gloves will be delivered to a hospital in College Station.

Parkland Memorial Hospital - Dallas *Brenda Rodriguez, Parkland Hospital PR Team, 469-419-4400, to Brenda.Rodriguez@phhs.org

HCA Houston Healthcare West

Marsha Buchanan, HCA Houston Healthcare West PR Team, 346-229-8627

WHY:

International Leadership of Texas, a school district across Texas serving 19,500 students, has close ties to China. It operates sister schools in China. The district, with a trilingual curriculum of English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, employs many Chinese teachers and educates Chinese international students. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the first ILTexas students in China in December with the onset of the

outbreak. Then in March, the COVID-19 pandemic forced ILTexas schools domestically to operate virtually.

ILTexas China donated PPE for local students to give to those in most dire need in our communities, sending them from China ‘with love.’ School students and administrators are finding new and different ways to prove global leadership begins right here at home. We are all in this together.

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MEDIA NOTE:

SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE OBSERVED. MEDIA IN ATTENDANCE ARE ASKED TO FOLLOW SUIT, WEAR A MASK.

About International Leadership of Texas

Founded in 2012 by former Dallas Independent School District high school principal Eddie Conger, ILTexas opened its first school in 2013 with over 2,500 students, making it the largest first-year charter in the history of Texas. Since 2013, the district has grown from two schools in North Texas to nineteen schools and more than 19,500 students across north and south Texas. For more information, visit ILTexas.org.