2010 Day of Action | Neighborhoods: Stuff the Bus
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Results
Thanks to our many generous volunteers, donors and corporate partners, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville is putting school supplies and backpacks into the hands of 2,100 school children so they are ready to go back to school prepared to succeed. Through donations and school supply drives companies and individuals delivered over 34,000 items to make STUFF THE BUS an overwhelming success. In addition, 120 volunteers and 50 companies & organizations came together to make a difference. Now that is LIVING UNITED! Thanks to the STUFF THE BUS sponsors and partners!
The Event
Summer 2010 Day of Action: Neighborhoods
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.
Thank you for LIVING UNITED by helping us Stuff the Bus with school supplies for kids in at-risk Nashville neighborhoods. Over 50 companies engaged through supply drives or by employees volunteering. Together,more than 120 volunteers stuffed and delivered 2,100 backpacks with STUFF THE BUS!essential school supplies. There were more than 34,000 school supply items donated. Together, you delivered backpacks to 48 benefiting Family Resource Centers and Partner Agencies.
Once we filled up the backpacks, we boxed up the extra supplies for PENCIL Foundation’s LP Pencil Box, whose facility was flooded in May. The thousands of school supplies you donated, sorted, and delivered will send Nashville kids back to school prepared for success. The generosity of our donors and volunteers in this Day of Action will positively impact the future of these children.
“Many of our parents find themselves in financially difficult situations trying to purchase necessary school supplies…for their children. United Way’s Stuff the Bus event helps to greatly ease some of that burden.”
- Tracye L. Henderson, Director, C.E. McGruder Family Resource Center & Restore the Dream Center Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center
