Taylor Morrison Aims to Collect School Supplies for Local Students

    AUSTIN, TX, August 09, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Taylor Morrison is sponsoring a school supply drive aimed at providing back-to-school essentials for more than 2,700 children throughout the Austin area. Open to both Taylor Morrison employees and the community at large, the drive will run through August 19th and will accept all manner of new supplies, from pencils, crayons and markers to notebooks, folders and backpacks. Donations bins have been established in Taylor Morrison model homes in Crystal Falls, Steiner Ranch, Reunion Ranch, Ladera and Sweetwater. Donations will also be accepted at the company's Austin headquarters, located at 11200 Lakeline Boulevard, Suite 150A.

For more information about Taylor Morrison communities in the Austin market, call 512-845-7350 or visit online at http://www.taylormorrison.com.

About Taylor Morrison
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison Home Corporation operates in the U.S. under the Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes brands and in Canada under the Monarch brand. Taylor Morrison is a builder and developer of single-family detached and attached homes serving a wide array of customers including first-time, move-up, luxury and active adult customers. Taylor Morrison divisions operate in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida and Texas. Darling Homes serves move-up and luxury homebuyers in Texas. Monarch, Canada's oldest homebuilder builds homes for first-time and move-up buyers in Toronto and Ottawa as well as high rise condominiums in Toronto. For more information about Taylor Morrison, Darling Homes or Monarch, please visit http://www.taylormorrison.com, http://www.darlinghomes.com and http://www.monarchgroup.net.

For more information about Taylor Morrison communities in Austin, call 512-845-7350 or visit http://www.taylormorrison.com.

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PREP school introduces Ipad scheme for the students

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