Back to School: Nonprofit provides for students in need

MDN File Photo Mrs. Field’s Closet’s second location is in the guidance office at Central Campus Middle School.

In a time of rising prices and expenses at home, a local nonprofit is expanding its outreach to help students get life’s necessities at Minot schools.

Mrs. Field’s Closet was created by Tammy White, Longfellow Elementary second grade teacher, in April 2019, and provides essential necessities to students like school supplies, new clothing and hygiene products.

White said she created the nonprofit to honor the legacy of Becky Field, elementary school counselor who died in 2018. White met Field when she started student teaching at Longfellow, and described her as an honest and frank person who had genuine love and connection with her colleagues and students.

“She had connections