Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive
Now through July 22, 2010DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HOST A SUPPLY DRIVE, OR DONATE MONEY TO STUFF THE BUS
With many of Nashville’s at-risk neighborhoods recovering from the recent flood, more Nashville students than ever will lack the supplies they need to go back to school prepared for success. Join us for the 3rd National Day of Action as we STUFF THE BUS with school supplies for children and teens served through United Way’s Neighborhood Family Resource Centers and partner agencies working daily to equip the youth of Nashville’s neighborhoods for success.
Stuff the Bus. Get a shirt.
You may donate dollars to purchase school supplies. Any amount is welcome.
If you donate a minimum of $25 dollars to Stuff the Bus by Monday, July 12, we will send you a flood edition of our LIVE UNITED t-shirt.
Host a Drive or purchase school items.
You may also purchase school supplies or host a drive with your friends, family and/or colleagues.
You may drop off supplies on Thursday, July 22
McGruder Family Resource Center
(located less than 2 miles from Metro Center)
2013 25th Avenue North | Nashville, TN 37208
Stuff the Bus Supply Drive Poster
McGruder Family Resource Center is one of the United Way Family Resource Centers benefiting from Stuff the Bus. You can see first hand how your dollars are at work in neighborhoods. Drop off donated school supplies and volunteer to sort them…stay five minutes or an hour!
WISH LIST ITEMS INCLUDE:
- Pencils
- Pens
- Primary school tablets/paper
- Notebook paper
- Spiral notebooks (both single subject and 5 subject)
- Pocket folders
- 3-ring binders
- Markers
- Colored pencils
- School glue/glue sticks
- Scissors
- Highlighters
- Rulers
48 STUFF THE BUS BENEFITING FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS & PARTNER AGENCIES
United Way School-Based Family Resource Centers (FRC)
Bordeaux/Northwest FRC (PENCIL Foundation), Cole FRC (Conexion Americas), Fall-Hamilton FRC (United Neighborhood Health Services), Maplewood FRC (PENCIL Foundation), Napier FRC (Family & Children’s Service), and Pearl Cohn FRC (Vanderbilt University). Agencies in parenthesis are lead agency.
United Way Community-Based Family Resource Centers (FRC)
Bethlehem FRC (Bethlehem Centers of Nashville), Cayce FRC (Martha O’Bryan), Edgehill FRC (Organized Neighbors of Edgehill), McGruder FRC (Matthew Walker Comprehensive Healthcare Center), Northeast FRC (Salvation Army), South Nashville FRC (Vanderbilt Center for Health Services), and St. Luke’s FRC (St. Luke’s Community House). Agencies in parenthesis are lead agency.
Additional United Way Partner Agencies Working Daily to Better Nashville
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., Conexion Americas, Eighteenth Avenue Family Enrichment Center, Family and Children’s Service, Fannie Battle Day Home for Children, Inc., First Steps, Inc., Goodwill Industries of Middle TN, King’s Daughter Day Home, Hearing Bridges, McNeilly Center for Children, Mental Health Cooperative, Monroe Harding, Nashville Adult Literacy Council, Nashville CARES, Nashville Children’s Alliance, The Next Door, Nurses for Newborns, Oasis Center, Inc., Old Hickory Christian Community Outreach, PENCIL Foundation, Renewal House, Residential Resources, Inc., Salama Urban Ministries, The Salvation Army, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN, Sexual Assault Center, St. Mary Villa, Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS), Tennessee Voices for Children, United Neighborhood Health Services, YMCA of Middle Tennessee, Youth Life Learning Center, and YWCA
