Local Union Gives Away School Supplies To Teachers And Families In South Boston

BOSTON (CBS) -- The Iron Workers Local 7 Union donated thousands of dollars in school supplies to students in South Boston on Saturday.

Members of Iron Workers Local 7 provided shopping bags filled with pencils, crayons, notebooks, and other educational supplies to anyone who showed up at the Union Hall on Old Colony Avenue.

A 2021 survey by the national nonprofit AdoptAClassroom.org found that teachers spend an average of $750 of their own money each year on supplies.

This is the second year that Iron Workers Local 7 funded classroom supplies for teachers and families.

The union represents over 3,600 members specializing in bridge, structural, ornamental, reinforcing, pre-engineered metal buildings, industrial maintenance, architectural, heavy rigging, and welding across New England.