PTA works to help school’s needy families

The PTA at Canton Elementary School’s STEM Academy is creating a “care closet” to help meet the needs of its children and families throughout the school year. A benefit event is set for 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Aug. 2, at Canton Chick-fil-As at Canton Marketplace and Riverstone. The goal is to collect donations of toiletry items for the care closet, and donors will be thanked with a free chicken biscuit or chicken sandwich.