500 volunteers spruce up Wheeling schools for fall

Posted June 13, 2016 11:00 pm

Daily Herald report

Norman Fair of Wheeling paints sections of wood that will be used to build a planter's box, which will be placed in front of the Jack London School in Wheeling. More than 500 volunteers from Discover's Business Technology Department spent the better part of the morning and afternoon painting and sprucing up the adjacent Jack London and Eugene Field schools as a way to enhance the educational environment. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com

More than 500 volunteers from Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Service's Business Technology Department spent Tuesday giving Eugene Field Elementary School and Jack London Middle School in Wheeling an indoor and outdoor makeover for when students return to school in August.

Among other projects, they painted murals, built bookcases and planter boxes, created an outdoor classroom area, worked on landscaping.

The event was part of Discover Cares, where nearly 70 percent of the Riverwoods' workforce participates in various community service projects.

Discover employees also work to mentor students at Walt Whitman and Mark Twain elementary schools through Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago.

The schools are part of Wheeling Township Elementary District 21.

Mohannedehfaj Khan of Round Lake paints sections of the alphabet that will be placed in the Jack London School in Wheeling. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com

Steve Salberg of Bolingbrook spreads purple paint around the Jack London School in Wheeling. Purple and silver are the school colors. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com

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