Help Collect Supplies For Students In Need

Donate backpack supplies this weekend

It’s that time again. As August begins it really is time to begin thinking about the school year. For some students and their families, it’s an annual hardship as they think about all the supplies that must be purchased just to get through the year.

Montgomery County Public Schools is taking collections this weekend for school supplies to fill backpacks for students who are in need. They will be distributed at a back-to-school fair on August 28. For now, though. please consider donating supplies at one of these two locations:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7: WHITE FLINT MALL: Backpacks and school supplies can be dropped off at an “Ask MCPS” event at White Flint Mall, 11301 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Staff will be located in the center court on the first floor to collect supplies, as well as answer any parent questions and provide information about the upcoming school year.

SATURDAY-MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 8 & 9: WHOLE FOODS: Backpacks and school supplies can be dropped in collection boxes at one of five Whole Foods locations across Montgomery County:

• 5269 River Road, Bethesda
• 4420 Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase
• 316 Kentlands Blvd., Gaithersburg
• 1649 Rockville Pike, Rockville
• 833 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring

Here are the main needs: backpacks, pencils, pens, highlighters, pencil boxes, pencil pouches, rulers, large pink erasers, 3-ring binders, dividers, filler paper, pocket folders, and notebooks.

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