An unprecedented number of Bronx businesses are participating in this year’s Shop for Public Schools program. The Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID) and 15 stores have raised more than $2,000 so far this year.
Caroline Kennedy, vice chair of the Fund for Public Schools, which is running the fund-raising program, accepted a check from the BID on Friday, Sept. 25.
Money raised through the Shop for Public Schools program will go to support school library programs across the city.
Business owners can participate in the Shop for Public Schools program in one of two ways: by giving a flat contribution, or by allocating a percentage of the sales revenue during the week of Oct. 1 through Oct. 8. In order to boost contributions and because most Bronx retailers chose to make flat contributions, the BID matched contributions of up to $200 to the program.
Participating businesses included Audio Town, Bx. Fashion, Call Me Wireless, Cohen’s Gentle Dental, Conway, Emigrant Savings Bank, Fordham Road Jewelry Exchange, Gem Pawnbrokers, Kids World, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Original Products, Planet Earth Communications, Top Concourse Electronics and Computers and Urban Eyes Optical.
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