{"id":410983,"date":"2026-08-19T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410983\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:48:10","slug":"lake-highlands-junior-womens-league-collects-more-than-5000-school-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410983\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Highlands Junior Women\u2019s League collects more than 5,000 school supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787158088_146_image.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127612\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787158088_146_image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Lake Highlands Junior Women\u2019s League.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 11, the Lake Highlands Junior Women\u2019s League completed its 13th annual School Supply Drive, collecting a total of 5,320 items.<\/p>\n<p>The donations were dropped off at Lake Highlands High School and included binders, notebooks and pencils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing the supply drive since 2013,\u201d Hannah Fierce, president of the Lake Highlands Junior Women\u2019s League, said. \u201cWe had over 4,000 unsharpened pencils [donated].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to collecting school supplies, the drive provided an opportunity for the League to reconnect with the community before its season of events begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great way to help support the youth in the community,\u201d Makenzie Danehower, public relations and marketing chair, said.<\/p>\n<p>The School Supply Drive is one of several community initiatives the League participates in throughout the year. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_2058-scaled-e1781720487598.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo avatar-default\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSyra Castillo is a recent graduate from Southern Methodist University and is the Lake Highlands Editor. She is a Dallas native and is passionate about local news. She studied English, journalism, and Italian while at SMU. She spends her time with family and tries to discover new places to eat across the city. You can email her at scastillo@advocatemag.com.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Lake Highlands Junior Women\u2019s League. On Aug. 11, the Lake Highlands Junior Women\u2019s League completed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[143509,962,80696,143510,143511,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-410983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-hannah-fierce","tag-lake-highlands","tag-lake-highlands-high-school","tag-lake-highlands-junior-womens-league","tag-makenzie-danehower","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}