8-26-2025 4:18am

Padonia Event Nets

Hunt Valley Life Staff

Mission Moment: Stuff the Bus Success 2025

By Team BCPS

Stuff the Bus 2025 – another success!

On August 22, The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools, Inc., held the third annual Dr. Tim Tooten’s Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive in partnership with the Hearst Cares Campaign. The event, held at Padonia International Elementary School from 3-7 p.m. and highlighted by WBAL TV, WBAL News Radio, and 98 Rock, brought in almost $35,000 worth of donated school supplies and almost $2,500 worth of monetary donations.

“We are ecstatic,” enthused Dr. Heather Wooldridge, the foundation’s associate director. “All these generous donations will go directly onto the shelves at our two Exchangerees - educator resource centers where teachers shop at no cost to themselves. BCPS teachers will be so happy and grateful to be able to select pens, pencils, filler paper, pocket folders, and so much more for their students and classrooms for free!”

Thank you, donors!

Since 2018, the Exchangerees have served more than 17,000 educators and 450,000 students, distributed more than 92,000 books, and distributed more than $4 million dollars' worth of resources and materials into our school communities. This is not possible without the generosity of community partners.

On Friday, donations came in from local businesses that had conducted Tools for School Drives, parents of BCPS graduates who miss back to school shopping, individuals who work with our students in other capacities who wanted to support the cause, students who earned community service hours for soliciting donations for the event, and many, many other kind-hearted Champions of Education. Thank you, all!

Thank you, volunteers!

An event like Stuff the Bus would not be possible without the time, talent, and treasure shared by our volunteers. Thank you, volunteers!

WBAL Partners

Keshia Brown
Jerome Chester
Members of the I Am MENtality Mentoring Group

Preparation & Set Up Volunteers

Jen Drury, BCPS Copy & Print
Media Star Promotions
The 2025 Stuff the Bus Committee

Entertainment

The Dulaney High School Cheerleaders
The Dulaney High School Marching Band
The Towson High School Cheerleaders

Stuff the Bus Volunteers

Linda Alpin, Volunteer Coordinator, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Steve Alpin, Volunteer Engineer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
The Jamie and Sara Bakert Family
K. LeeAnne Barnett, Community School Facilitator, Milbrook Elementary School
Brooke Bateman
Jack Bauer, Volunteer Engineer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Sandy Bauer, Volunteer Co-Coordinator, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Ryan Cagle, The Education Foundation of BCPS and Whiting-Turner
Cockeysville Middle School AVID Scholars, Megan Thomas (Coordinator)
Christie Compeau, The Education Foundation of BCPS and Horace Mann
Marianne Crampton, The Education Foundation of BCPS and MK Consulting Engineers
Brian Crowell, The Education Foundation of BCPS and KCI Technologies
Philip Dennis, Douron
Andrea Dodrill, State Farm
Maggie Domanowski, BCPS Board of Education
Christina Donall, Director, Dulaney High School Marching Band
James Farmer, Horace Mann
Jackie Freeburger, AVID Coordinator, Ridgely Middle School
Andrew Goldbeck, Community School Facilitator, Kenwood High School
Todd Goldberg, Volunteer, The Education Foundation of BCPS, Inc.
Hannelore Goldberg, Volunteer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Tom Goodberg, NTA
Kristin Huber, The Education Foundation of BCPS and Financial Council, LLC
Paul Hume, The Education Foundation of BCPS and GWWO Inc.
Andy Hux, Douron
Courtiney Jacobs, Coach, Towson High School Cheerleaders
Maurice Johnson Sr., Bus Driver, Baltimore County Public Schools
Cindy Jones, First Financial Federal Credit Union
John Jones, Bus Driver, Baltimore County Public Schools
Matt Musgrove, The Education Foundation of BCPS and Padonia Park Club
Scot Moir, The Education Foundation of BCPS and GWWO Inc.
Angela Myers, State Farm
Andrew O’Grady, MK Consulting Engineers
Colleen Oyler, Community School Facilitator, Johnnycake Elementary School
Joan Pugh, First Financial Federal Credit Union
Christina Pumphrey, BCPS Board of Education and State Farm and Allison Pumphrey
Rina Rhyne and Soan Rhyne
Ridgely Middle School AVID Scholars, Jackie Freeburger (Coordinator)
Chris Rose, MK Consulting Engineers
April Sanders, MK Consulting Engineers
Shelle Schnell, Community School Facilitator, Hawthorne Elementary School
John Schmidt, Par Home Improvement
Tina Schmidt, Volunteer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Ashley Sisselman, Coach, Dulaney High School Cheerleaders
Megan Thomas, AVID Coordinator, Cockeysville Middle School
Robin Thompson, Community School Facilitator, Warren Elementary School
LeRoy Stirewalt, Bus Driver, Baltimore County Public Schools
And many others!

Un-Stuff The Bus & Stock The Shelves Volunteers

Linda Alpin, Volunteer Coordinator, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Steve Alpin, Volunteer Engineer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Jack Bauer, Volunteer Engineer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Sandy Bauer, Volunteer Co-Coordinator, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Brenda Chamberlain, Librarian, Logan Elementary School
Matt Corner, Principal, Bear Creek Elementary School
Karyn Ginesi, Community School Facilitator, Woodholme Elementary School
Cindy Jones, Youth Outreach Manager, First Financial Federal Credit Union
Tina Schmidt, Volunteer, the Exchangeree Rosedale
Frank Soda, Resource Teacher, Baltimore County Public Schools

The Education Foundation of BCPS, Inc. Staff

Cindy Whitcomb, Administrative/Fiscal Assistant
Dr. Heather Wooldridge, Associate Director

Need

The need for school supplies does not end once students go back to school. In fact, there is a need for school supplies all year long and The Exchangerees are open year round. Community members can help us keep our shelves stocked throughout the year. Learn more here.

Why support The Education Foundation

The Education Foundation of BCPS was founded on October 26, 1992, as the official 501 (c) (3) nonprofit for BCPS. The foundation board consists of a president, 1st vice president, secretary, treasurer, and vice presidents of advancement, communications, and programs and allocations. Additional board members serve as chairs and co-chairs of our committees, including those for our FUNdraising events.

BCPS is the 22nd largest school system in the nation with 110,000 students and 10,000 educators in 175 schools, centers, and programs. We are on a mission to contribute to a brighter future as a champion of the system and community through advocacy, fundraising, and programming. We believe that together, with our community partners, we can ensure that every student, educator, and school community have the resources necessary to reach their full potential.

Since 2010, the foundation has provided 579 scholarships (worth a total of $690,795) for graduating seniors pursuing post-secondary education and training. Since 2012, the foundation has awarded 643 school and office-based grants (worth a total of $1,228,341) to enhance the regular curricula. And since 2018, the foundation has operated two educator resource centers (the Exchangerees) where teachers shop for school supplies and other resources at no cost to them. The Exchangerees have served 16,526 educators and 429,676 students, distributed 89,275 books, and distributed $3,776,284 worth of resources and materials into our school communities.