Back-to-School Backpacks
Children look forward to new supplies to begin the school year. The purchase of such items can stretch the budget of a single parent or foster family who may have difficulty just buying food.
Back-to-School Backpack Inventory
Consider donating the items on the list below. Fill the backpacks with additional items you feel will give a child a good start.
Elementary
- Book—age appropriate
- Small packets of tissues
- Colored pencils
- Crayons
- Drawing pad
- Erasers
- Glue sticks
- Journal
- ruler
- Scissors, blunt
- Key chain toy
- Binder
- Tape
- Markers (nonpermanent)
- Notebooks; loose leaf & paper
- Pencils, sharpener
Middle/High School
- Book—age appropriate
- Colored pencils, pens
- Colorful spiral notebooks
- Geometric stencils & compass
- Drawing pad
- Erasers
- Glue sticks
- File folders, colorful
- Journal
- Markers (nonpermanent)
- Loose leaf three hole paper
- #2 pencils & sharpener
- Ruler
- Red pen
- Small stapler & staples
- Tape