School Supply Drive For North Central Family Centre

I know I’m a huge geek, but one of my favorite things as a kid growing up was to go back-to-school shopping. But for a lot of families out there, this is particularly a financially stressful time. Aside from food inflation for those school lunches and finding back-to-school clothes, parents are looking to spend $300-$500 per child when you factor in backpacks, water bottles, lunch kits, and shoes. It’s also tough on those teachers who use money out of their own pockets to supplement the shortfall. So let’s see where we can help! Many families need help this year in our city, and I know that you probably have a tonne of supplies lying around that could be put to good use!

Our family will host a School Supply Drive for the fantastic North Central Family Centre crew. I’ll be picking up your new and gently-used supplies until August 11th.

What we are looking for:

• backpacks (no holes, stains, zippers that don’t work)

• lunch kits

• pens and pencils that have not yet been used

• pencil and wax crayons that have a lot of life left in them

• rulers

• pencil cases - in good condition

• pencil sharpeners

• unused erasers

• unused glue sticks and white glue bottles

• watercolor sets

• scissors

• loose leaf and graph paper packages (unopened)

• duo-tangs

• binders

• calculators

• markers (still in boxes)

• headphones that can plug into laptop

• flashcards (subtraction, multiplication, division, addition)

• Hilroy notebooks (unused)

• sketchbooks

• sticky notepads

Any extra supplies will be used for their after-school programs.

So reach out if you live in the Regina area and have any spare supplies you can donate to this amazing venture!

Jessica Dunn

306.531.8578

jessica@jcrealty.com