L.F. Smith Elementary, Matthys Elementary, Miller Intermediate, Pearl Hall and Genoa Elementary were presented with their checks at the H-E-B store at Spencer and Shaver recently.

The Pasadena schools received the cash awards as the result of H-E-B stores throughout the state of Texas participating in a back-to-school competition on sales of select national brands and with the support of participating vendors, the company gave away $120,000 to local public schools statewide.

In the fall of 2004, during the back-to-school sales season, local H-E-B stores encouraged customers to buy certain products with a percentage of those sales to be directed to education. The stores with the highest sales received up to $5,000 from vendors such as Conagra Foods, Unilever and Clorox. H-E-B in turn donated these funds to 45 schools in a collaborative effort to support education.

Five Pasadena schools were presented a donation of $1,000 from H-E-B Food Stores recently. Accepting their checks from H-E-B assistant manager Sam Arciniega are Gayle Purcell of Miller Intermediate, Sherry Williams of Genoa Elementary, Joe Saavedra of Miller Intermediate, Magda Ibarra of Matthys Elementary and Karen Hickman of Matthys Elementary. Not pictured are representatives from Pearl Hall and L.F  Smith elementary schools