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Mo ore Love
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Students lead major fundraiser, gain invaluable skills
community’s love and care sometimes have a special way of coming together. With Moore Public Schools, it happens on an annual basis through the Moore Love fundraising campaign.
Last year’s campaign, which benefited Regional Food Bank and Moore Firefighters Santa Express, raised more than $200,000. All funds raised, 100% of dollars collected, are donated.
The program is a philanthropic initiative held each February in support of student-selected nonprofits that directly benefit children and their families in the Moore Public Schools district.
“The Moore Love campaign is important in our community because it is instrumental to our city, its citizens and our students,” said Assistant Fire Marshal Darren Sigmen.
Now in its fifth year, Moore Love serves the broader community through fundraising efforts that dedicate 100% of the total collected to the designated agencies. This year’s recipients are the Regional Food Bank, The Sharing Tree, that offers a dignified shopping experience for furniture and household items, and Moore Public Schools Foundation’s Bridges Project, which helps teens with housing insecurity.
Through the Santa Express, Moore Firefighters oversee other needs like coats, mattresses, bedding furniture, not just Christmas time but throughout the school year. Moore Love donated $130,000 to the Santa Express efforts last year.
10 February 2022
Moore Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Romines started the challenge during the 2017 school