Needed: School Supplies for the Interfaith Food Bank's School Program

This notice is from the archives of The Notice Board. Information contained in this notice was accurate at the time of publication but may no longer be so.

The Interfaith Food Bank School program provides school supplies to students from low-income families. The program encourages contributions from the community so all children are equipped with the supplies required for learning.

The Interfaith Food Bank has requested the below supplies with lunch kits, calculators, duo tang folders and loose leaf paper being their greatest needs. In addition to shopping for these school supplies, please look through your home office for new items on the below list that you will not use and consider donating them to this program.

New backpacks

HB pencils

Erasers

Scribblers

Glue sticks

Wax crayons

Binders 

Scotch tape

Pencil sharpeners

New lunch kits

Water bottles

Healthy school breakfast and snack items

Pencil cases

Ball-point pens

Geometry sets

Pocket Portfolios

Lined loose leaf paper

Washable felt markers

Loose leaf dividers

Calculators

30 cm metric rulers

Juice Boxes

Small tissue packs

Highlighters

Duo-tang folders

Pencil crayons

Dry Erase Markers

Scissors

Toothbrushes

Toothpaste

Hygiene items

If you would like to make school supply donations to this program, please place your donations in the bin in Anderson Hall 175 Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Supply donations will be accepted until 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25.

If you are interested in making a cash donation, visit https://www.canadahelps.org/dn/8546. Please select “School Program” in the drop down menu under FUND and type University of Lethbridge in the MESSAGE box.

You can get a tax receipt for your donation of supplies. Please email Lori.Kopp@uleth.ca for directions on how to get this tax receipt.

Thanks for your support.

Lori Kopp
Dhillon School of Business


Contact:

Lori Kopp | lori.kopp@uleth.ca | 403-329-5197