Crye-Leike Youth Villages Backpack Drive

Last year over 200 children served by Youth Villages headed back to school with new backpacks and school supplies collected and donated by Crye-Leike and area city volunteers. This year their goal is to fill as many backpacks as possible! MNPS says thank you for making a difference one child at a time. The Deadline to help with this years drive is August 8, 2008! To help with this project and to donate this year, please call for our area J.R. Herrell @ 361-6949 or email herrell@realtracs.com. Needed School Supplies include:

Lunch Boxes (middle school only)

Backpacks (large)

Notebook paper

Folders (6 one for each subject)

Spiral Notebooks (6 one for each subject)

Pencils

Glue (bottle)

Protractors

Pens (Black, Blue & Red)

Graph Paper

Erasers

Zipper Pencil Pouches

Also looking for a few pair of scissors preferably with round edges and pencil sharpeners. ***Please do not donate items that are too gender specific so they can be used by any child that may need them.