Back to School Drive to benefit local school children. How you can help.

We will be partnering with Operation Love Ministries to collect new and like new school items, back packs and uniforms to be distributed to local children in need. The children will be in grades K-12. 

If you would like to contribute items:

All items must be delivered to me by July 27th or directly to Operation Love on July 28th or 29th from 9:00am-3:00pm. 

• You may drop items off directly to Operation Love. Please call (765) 644-2121 for drop off times.  
• I am hoping to set up a local drop-off location as well! 
• Or if you know me personally, you can drop the items off to me.
• Items need to be collected by July 18th, 2014 
• You may also purchase items or gift cards to office supply stores, Walmart and Target to be used to purchase additional items via our wish list on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2DR12JPWBQZKS/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go_o?
• To contact me, leave a message on The Heritage Center's facebook page. 

Here is what we will be collecting:

School Supplies
Pencils
Pens (black, blue and red)
Highlighters (preferably yellow) 
loose leaf paper (wide ruled preferred)
spiral notebooks (wide ruled preferred) 
calculators (basic function)
3-ring binders
subject dividers
pocket folders (with and without prongs)
composition notebooks
index cards
rulers
scissors (blunt)
crayons
coloring pencils
markers (washable)
glue and glue sticks
erasers (such as the big pink ones)
pencil sharpeners (preferably ones that hold shavings)
pencil boxes
post-it notes

For High School Kids Specifically
scientific calculator
pocket dictionary
pocket thesaurus 
white printer paper
stapler
staples
staple remover

Clothes and Backpacks 
backpacks
plain colored polo shirts
khaki and black pants (no jeans)
socks
underwear
shoes

For teachers to use in the classroom:

hand sanitizer

tissue boxes

sanitizing wipes such as Clorox

dry erase markers
erasers

Many of these items will be going on sale starting the week of 4th of July. I will post links to sales on my other facebook page Changing the World Pebble by Pebble, so be sure to follow it.