Tasha Carpenter, Debra Wright and Torri Anderson with students from Maricopa Elementary School's Leadership After School Program. Submitted photo

Maricopa Elementary School has been collecting donations of supplies for the Against Abuse women/children shelter in Maricopa. The Leadership After School Program, run by third-grade teacher Jamie Shorey, made posters, decorated boxes and sorted the items donated. They will continue collecting after winter break to make the donation to Against Abuse in the spring. Against Abuse representative and MUSD Governing Board member Torri Anderson stopped by to see the collection so far.