PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District is asking residents to Stuff the Bus with school supply donations for schoolchildren Saturday, July 23.
A yellow school bus will be awaiting donations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter at 3411 E. Kolonels Way.
Supplies will be given to Port Angeles students in need Aug. 20.
Donations of school supplies also can be made at the Port Angeles School District Central Services Building at 216 Fourth St., across from the Clallam County Courthouse.
Back to School Event
The Back to School Event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 20 at Jefferson Elementary, 218 E. 12th St.
School supplies will be provided free to students from kindergarten through 12th grades.
Other services will be provided to assist in preparing students for the next school year.
Community organizations participate, too, enabling participants to learn about local opportunities for students and families.
Among the sponsors on board so far are Lutheran Community Services NW, Serenity House, Port Angeles Food Bank, Port Angeles School District, Sodexo Food Services, Rotary Club of Port Angeles, Kiwanis, North Olympic Library System, Dollar Tree, Operation Homefront, Soroptimist International of Port Angeles Jet Set and the Port Angeles Education Foundation.
Among supplies needed are backpacks, binders, calculators, crayons, dividers, erasers, bottles of glue and glue sticks, regular markers and dry-erase markers, highlighters, composition and spiral notebooks, college-ruled and wide-ruled paper, pens, pencils, pencil boxes, pencil pouches, pencil sharpeners, rulers and scissors.
For more information or to make a donation, contact Lisa Lyon at Lutheran Community Services NW at llyon@csnw.org or 360-452-5437.
