On Thursday, employees in a U-Haul truck dropped off a load of donated school and gym supplies at Cheektowaga Central Middle School on Union Road, with items ranging from a foosball table to dumbbells.
Between this and a similar donation made later that morning at Maryvale Middle School, the donations could total $40,000 to $50,000, said Zale, who noted his employees cleared out the entire section of school supplies at a Dollar General store.
“It’s all about supporting our community,” he said.
Zale said he or his employees spoke to an official from each district Thursday morning to get permission to make the donations.
Asked whether he made clear the gifts came from a marijuana sticker shop, Zale said, “I did say that we were coming from Green Vision Wellness.”
Messages left with the Maryvale and Cheektowaga superintendents’ offices were not returned. However, after The News left a message for Cheektowaga Superintendent Steven Wright, he spoke to Zale and another Green Vision Wellness employee and said the district couldn’t accept the donated items because the Cheektowaga School Board did not approve the gifts.
Wright said, according to Zale, “They will not accept any donations from an organization like mine.”
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