Politics & Government
City Of Tuscaloosa Collects Over 1,000 School Supplies For Parking Tickets
The City of Tuscaloosa this week presented Tuscaloosa City Schools with a school supply donation collected during the drive.
TUSCALOOSA, AL — The City of Tuscaloosa this week presented Tuscaloosa City Schools (TCS) with a school supply donation collected during the overtime parking tickets drive.
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Tuscaloosa residents in July and August had the opportunity to pay off $19 overtime parking tickets with school supplies valued at $10.
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The city said it dismissed 249 overtime parking tickets through the initiative, with residents donating a total of 1,087 supplies for the drive's sixth year.
This marked an increase of more than 300 items from last year.
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TCS will distribute the donated supplies to local students in need.
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