Smokey
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Post by Smokey on Aug 1, 2010 12:57:30 GMT -5
Just got back from a service announcing a special blessing event for backpacks and briefcases.  We want to keep our loved ones safe so, hey, why not! Anyhow the back-to-school information said that pens, paper, crayons, paints and other school supplies were needed by many schools. This support for schools has to be new or never-used, still in boxes condition. So no old pencil stubs and saved gift wrap. People (ahem like, say, me) who cannot find a post-it note and then go buy a package of them can do a good deed here. I know I have bought more than my lifetime's worth of packages of my favorite pens. Now is my chance to give those unopened, in-box newish office supplies and paper to help out schools. Maybe this is your chance too! |
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Blackswan
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Post by Blackswan on Aug 1, 2010 15:10:55 GMT -5
Is there a specific place where these things should be donated, or are you just suggesting donating in general?
As a teacher, I know there is always a need for these things. Anything anybody donates potentially saves the teacher from buying it out of pocket.
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Post by eagle on Aug 1, 2010 19:19:19 GMT -5
Our local schools provide lists & local businesses (WalMart, Dollar General, etc.) post the lists near the 'return-to-school' displays.
The kids are supposed to bring everything on the list & it is added to the school stock supply for that school year.
We never had this when I was growing up, so I thought it was a little strange, but I have become used to it now and really like it. Anyone in town can go in and use one of those lists as a guide and donate exactly what a particular school needs. It doesn't just have to be the kids parents or grandparents buying those supplies.
Finding a school in the phone book or looking online to find a local school is so easy. Using the phone number to call and ask if they could use donations, is so easy. Dropping off supplies for them is so rewarding, even fairly easy, too.
Thanks for the reminder. I have tons of yellow pads and file folders and all sorts of office supplies even after donating time and again.
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Post by fluffychild on Aug 1, 2010 20:43:47 GMT -5
My hardware store every year has a lot of items that at free or almost free - backpacks on rebate were $.99, notebooks were $.19 and other items were $.39 on rebate. I have already given a paper box of items - including 16 backpacks to a homeless day shelter. When I took it there, I asked for one set of muscles please. The guys there are so nice about carrying things in. Don't forget to get your tax denation slip.
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Smokey
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Baltimore MD
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Post by Smokey on Aug 5, 2010 8:46:36 GMT -5
I usually give directly to the people who work in the office of my local public schools. To me that seems like the best way to see to it that the kids and teachers for my neighborhoods get the items without a lot of paperwork and silly administration delays. The staff can also tell me what they are running short of while I am there.
Now in the case of the blessing service I am leaving items in the collection pile at the service. This is a private school and if the nuns, priests and laypersons are going to swipe school supplies the end of the world is definitely here!
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Post by morningglory on Aug 5, 2010 16:08:54 GMT -5
This is such a lovely idea. One of the tragedies of hoarding and squalor is all the good stuff that is actually going to waste by sitting in our houses (often under piles of stuff where we'll never find them, or they are being disintegrated by time). What a blessing to free ourselves from bondage to these things, while at the same time providing something useful for those who need them. Let's do it!
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