{"id":1033574,"date":"2026-08-30T20:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1033574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:08:19","slug":"two-dope-chicks-who-give-a-care-organization-pencils-in-year-round-support-for-4-duval-county-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1033574\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Two Dope Chicks Who Give A Care\u2019 organization pencils in year-round support for 4 Duval County schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Four Duval County schools are getting extra financial and community support this school year through <a href=\"https:\/\/iidopechicswhogiveacare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/iidopechicswhogiveacare.com\/\">Two Dope Chicks Who Give A Care\u2019s<\/a> \u201cWhen We Pull Up\u201d tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Jacksonville organization selected Ed White High School, Westside Middle School, S.A. Hull Elementary School and Ribault Middle School for this year\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Schools participated by submitting videos for consideration, and the organization\u2019s board narrowed the submissions down to four schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Founders Millicent and Shawnta Pride-Daniels said the initiative is designed to provide schools with additional resources while building relationships with students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re just happy to be able to provide additional funds to these schools that will go in the principal\u2019s discretionary account to increase school morale and provide incentives for the faculty and kids,\u201d the founders said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The money gives school leaders flexibility to address needs on their campuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At Ed White High School, a student said the donation could help pay for school supplies, student celebrations and other opportunities while recognizing positive behavior and achievement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThese donations help make our school a better environment by giving students more resources, recognizing positive behavior and achievement and providing extra support to help us succeed,\u201d the student said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The student said the impact extends beyond the money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cWhat you are doing is bigger than just donating,\u201d the student said. \u201cYou are supporting our education, encouraging us and showing us the importance of giving back to others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At S.A. Hull Elementary School, the support held special meaning for the school\u2019s first-year principal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cMy heart is extremely full, especially being a first-year principal,\u201d the principal said. \u201cThis means so much to this school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Support continues beyond the tour<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Millicent and Shawnta Pride-Daniels said the \u201cWhen We Pull Up\u201d initiative is not designed to end once the organization delivers its donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThey get us the whole school year,\u201d the founders said. \u201cWe\u2019re actively participating in the schools, parent nights, orientations, coming in, volunteering all school year long. So when we pull up, it\u2019s all year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">For Millicent and Shawnta Pride-Daniels, giving back to Duval County schools is personal. Millicent is a product of Duval County Public Schools, while Shawnta previously worked as an educator in the district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The founders said those connections are part of why they believe in investing not only in students, but also in the teachers, staff and administrators who support them every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The organization hopes to expand the initiative in the future. After selecting four schools this year, the founders said they want to bring additional community partners on board so \u201cWhen We Pull Up\u201d can reach even more schools next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">If you\u2019d like to help support or donate to <a href=\"https:\/\/iidopechicswhogiveacare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/iidopechicswhogiveacare.com\/\">Two Dope Chicks Who Give A Care<\/a>, you can learn more about ways to contribute through the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Four Duval County schools are getting extra financial and community support this school year through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1033575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,718,407,3095,3188,723,7310,50,35197,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1033574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-community","tag-education","tag-features","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-news","tag-positively-jax","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117186271883562252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1033575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}