Back to School time will be here before you know it and we want to help our families get ready!
D300 Food Pantry will be hosting a Back-to-School event. At this event our registered families can gather backpacks and school supplies and check out a few more surprises and fun activities. Your donation will help us make sure we can help more than 450 kids have the supplies they need to get their school year off to a great start and fulfill our mission.
How can you help? Please note the deadline to donate is July 17th.
1. Organize a Drive to Collect Items: are you a business or group that can organize a drive to collect the items on our list? Contact us with questions or to arrange pick up with Nikki Kuhlman.
2. Donate Items as an Individual: start buying items off our Back-to-School Ideas List (below), and drop them off at the pantry in the red bin any time, or through July 17th on Tuesdays from 8am to 9:30am or 6pm to 7:30pm and Wednesdays 11am to 1pm.
3. Donate Money: can’t shop but want to help? You can DONATE so that we can purchase some great school supplies.
4. Become an Event Sponsor: are you part of an organization or a company that wants to give back the community? We’re looking for sponsors to help us make the event even better. We’d like to have a face painter and a balloon animal artist, as well as an ice cream stand or Kona Ice truck, and a hot dog stand. Contact Julie Pirtle for more information and to find out how you can get involved.
5. Shop Our Wish Lists: items are shipped to our Facility Manager’s home:
- Amazon: you can shop our Amazon Wishlist
- Walmart: you can shop our Walmart Wishlist
6. Volunteer: you can email Julie McLaughlin to sign up for one or more of the following shifts on July 25th:
– Setup: 9am to noon
– Event: Noon to 3pm
– Cleanup: 2:30pm to 4pm
7. Share with Your Friends: help us get the word out by sharing this page with all your friends.
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IDEAS LIST:
- Lunch Boxes
- Reusable Water Bottles (12, 16 or 18 oz)
- Tissues
- Paper Towel
- Wipes (Clorox/Baby)
- Zip Lock Bags (All Sizes)
- Pens: Red, Black and Blue
- Pink Erasers
- Colored Pencils
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Mechanical Pencils
- College-Ruled Spiral Notebooks
- Wide-ruled Spiral Notebooks
- Thin and Thick Markers
- Glue Sticks and Liquid School Glue (4oz bottles)
- Post-it Notes (square)
- 1- to 2-inch 3-Ring Binders
- Blunt-Tip Scissors
- Highlighters
- Filler Paper: Wide & College Ruled
- Rulers
- Backpacks: 15″ and 17″