Amador County – A group of women from the Plymouth Pentecostal Church of God raised money for the Plymouth Elementary School, which like the rest of the county goes back to school next week. The group also issued a good-natured challenge to other groups in the Plymouth community and across Amador County to help raise more funds for school supplies. City Clerk Gloria Stoddard announced the philanthropic efforts in an e-mail Monday. She said: “Due to the cutbacks to school budgets, Judy Moffatt, a member of the Plymouth Pentecostal Church of God presented the idea of supporting the Plymouth Elementary School to the ladies ministries of the PPCG Church.” Stoddard said: “The ladies’ group supported the idea and purchased school supplies to be presented to the first grade class of the Plymouth Elementary School.” Stoddard said the “ladies ministries would like to challenge other groups to support their local schools, with the much needed supplies, to make this year a fruitful one for the future leaders of our communities.” Jan Nunley, Chairwoman of the ladies ministries, said the group “contributed enough supplies for the entire first grade class.” The items included “pencils, tablets, crayons, and that sort of thing.” Stoddard was planning to deliver the items to the teacher next week. Nunley said Moffatt deserves the credit for the idea, which the ladies’ ministry embraced as a way to set a good example of giving during hard economic times. Nunley said they thought “if other people heard about that, they would start contributing to other schools.” She said “there is a real need now for supplies, because school budgets have been slashed.” For more information, call Jan Nunley at (209) 296-2144, or contact your local schools. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.