‘Kid’s Tag Art’ program benefits Santa Rosa schools

Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools Tim Wyrosdick, left, accepts a ‘Kids Tag Art’ license plate from Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols and School Board Chair Jennifer Granse. This year’s program raised $424 for each fifth-grade art department in the county. (Special to the Press Gazette)

MILTON — Each Santa Rosa County elementary school’s fifth-grade art department will benefit from the ‘Kids Tag Art’ program.

The program, presented by the SRC Tax Collector’s office with sponsorships from Gibson and Jarvis, P.A. and Lou Sobh’s Milton Chevrolet, aims to promote art among fifth-graders. Students design specialty license plates while raising funds for school art supplies.

SRC Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols spoke about the program during this week’s school board meeting.

“We just finished our third year of doing that and it has been a success,” he said. “We have raised $35,900 in the last three years.”

This year’s fundraising was down, according to Bryan Hathaway, director of technology for the tax collector’s office. Each fifth-grade art department will received $424. “Last year was $660 and the very first year we did this it was $855,” he said.

Hathaway said the recent campaigning season may have contributed to a lower amount than previous years.

Regardless of the amount collected, the tax collector’s office plans to continue the program and seeks more sponsors to participate.

Parents can buy their child’s art as a vanity tag for $15.

Finalist artwork from each school is on display at the tax collector’s office, 6495 Caroline St., Milton. 

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