50,000 Tervis Tumbler Cups Donated To Hillsborough Students

BRANDON, FL — Fifty-thousand Tervis tumbler cups were recently given to Hillsborough County Public Schools students to use each day.

“As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all drinking fountains in our district’s schools were disabled to help prevent the spread of the virus,” Hillsborough County Public Schools Superintendent Addison Davis said. “To ensure drinking water has continued to be readily available to our students, we switched to distributing single-use bottled water. This donation allows us to move away from creating unnecessary waste, enabling us to responsibly supply our students with the water they need throughout the school day.”

Tervis donated 25,000 sustainable water bottles, while an anonymous donor purchased the other 25,000. The gifts will be distributed to middle and high school students.

The district plans to install new touch-free water fountains in schools throughout the county, officials said.

“Sustainability is the very heart of our mission at Tervis,” Tervis CEO Rogan Donelly said. “By partnering with Hillsborough County Public Schools, the seventh largest school district in the nation, we’re one step closer to not only reducing our single-use bottled water footprint, but also helping to educate our next generation about the importance of doing so.”