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Back-to-School Supply Drive

Many of the 250 youth (18 yrs. old and younger) living in our communities could use your help with being prepared for the upcoming 2017-18 school year. For families with low-to-moderate incomes, meeting daily expenses can be a challenge. Adding on extraordinary costs can put added pressure to an already stressed budget. Studies show the costs of school supplies for a full school year are hundreds of dollars. The costs increase as the child advances and gets more involved in extracurricular activities. If you have more than one child, the costs can be beyond doable. Therefore, many of our youth are going to school unprepared to fully participate and not ready to achieve excellence in school.

The Better Housing Coalition (BHC) needs you, your family, and/or your organization to volunteer to fill gender-neutral backpacks with supplies. This is a project for you to accomplish at home, church, places of employment or with a networking group. We're looking to collect 150 fill backpacks (75 Elementary, 75 Middle / High School) to be distributed at our National Night Out event on August 1. If your donation includes backpacks for both age groups, please label the bags with the age group for which it is intended - Elementary or Middle/High School. The assembled backpacks will need to be collected by July 28, 2017. Please express interest for more details about this opportunity.

Back-to-School Supply List
Elementary School Middle School & High School
50  (#2) pencils (no mechanical) 4 marble composition notebooks  
1  package of highlighters lab goggles  
2 boxes of crayons 5 yellow highligters  
2 marble composition notebooks 2 packs of black or blue ink pens  
6 1-subject spiral notebooks 1 pack of colored pencils  
2 packs of wide ruled notebook paper 1 pair of scissors  
20 glue sicks 1 zippered pencil case  
1 package of colored pencils 6 large glue sticks  
1 package of unscented markers 2 - 5 subject notebooks (college ruled)  
2 pairs of scissors 2 - 3 subject notebooks (college ruled)  
3 boxes of tissues package of sheet protectors  
8 folders w/ inside pockets and prongs 7 - 3 prong pocket folders  
1 pencil sharpener w/ shavings holder 50 #2 pencils (no mechnical pencils)  
2 packs of 3x5 index cards 3-inch binder w/ 8 dividers  
1 pencil box/pouch 1 calculator  
1 calculator 2 large pink erasers  
2 large pink erasers 2 packs of 3x5 index cards  
1 gender neutral backpack 1 gender neutral backpack  
     

 

 

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Schools, Children & Youth Education
Low-income communities
Collecting, Sorting & Packaging

Age Minimum (with Adult): 5+, Minimum Age:18+

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