Schools
Charity Helps Bring South Lake School Back To Life
Pare Elementary, closed in 2009, is now home to several local charity organizations.
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI — A Macomb County-based charity has helped bring a South Lake School District building back to life. Pare Elementary School closed in 2009, but with the help of the We Are Here Foundation, the district and other charities are now using the building.
Members of the foundation helped paint the school, which sits in St. Clair Shores over the winter. More recently, they donated school school supplies and other items to Pare.
“Because of Tom, I have this lovely real desk. They did all of our painting. That was just a great gift to us,” said Madeline Bialecki, executive director of The Lake House, which moved into the Pare school space in December.
“The whole school is filled with great nonprofit groups doing wonderful things,” said We Are Here Foundation President Tom Cleaver. “We were able to finish the whole school and empty the gymnasium out over this past winter.”
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