Results

• Over 215 volunteers united to make a difference in the community of Nashville
• 25,000 school supplies were given to help kids go back to school prepared
• Exceeded our goal with 2,600 bags of school supplies and family resources
• More than 55 participating companies
• 48 Family Resource Centers and partnering agencies benefitted

 

The Event

This school year, many at-risk Nashville children will lack the supplies they need to enter the classroom ready for success. Join us for United Way’s 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.

LIVE UNITED Summer Song Contest & Launch Concert
Featuring song contest finalists and music industry professionals
Tuesday, June 21, 7-9 p.m.
The Listening Room Café
Help us kick-off our community’s Stuff the Bus efforts in true Nashville style! Bring one or more school supplies as admission or make a suggested donation of $5 or more.

School Supply Drives
June-July
Donate school supplies, conduct a supply drive with friends or coworkers, or donate money towards the purchase of supplies!

Stuff the Bus School Supply Wish List:
Pencils
Pens
Primary school tablets/paper
Notebook paper
Spiral notebooks
Pocket folders
3-ring binders
Markers
Colored pencils
School glue/glue sticks
Scissors
Highlighters
Rulers

Drive Posters and Flyers Downloads:
Summer Song Contest
Stuff the Bus Flyer
Stuff the Bus Drive Poster

School Supply
Drop-off / Sort-a-thon
Friday, July 29
10:30 - 12:00 p.m.
Visit a United Way Family Resource Center benefiting from Stuff the Bus.
Drop off donated school supplies and volunteer to sort them…stay five minutes or an hour!

Supply Delivery
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
McGruder Family Resource Center
(located less than 2 miles from Metro Center)
2013 25th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37208

Volunteer to deliver backpacks of school supplies to partner agencies!

BENEFITING FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS & PARTNER AGENCIES
United Way Community-Based Family Resource Centers (FRC):
Bordeaux/Northwest FRC (PENCIL Foundation), Cole FRC (Conexión Américas), Fall-Hamilton FRC (United Neighborhood Health Services), Glencliff FRC (MNPS), LEAD FRC (MNPS), Maplewood FRC (PENCIL Foundation), Napier FRC (Family & Children’s Service), Park Avenue FRC (MNPS), Pearl-Cohn FRC (Vanderbilt University), and Tusculum FRC (MNPS). Agencies in parenthesis are lead agency.

United Way Community-Based Family Resource Centers (FRC):
Bethlehem FRC (Bethlehem Centers of Nashville), Edgehill FRC (Organized Neighbors of Edgehill), Martha O’Bryan FRC (Martha O’Bryan Center), McGruder FRC (Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center), Northeast FRC (The 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
American Red Cross, Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, Bridges, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., Conexión Américas, 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, Grace M. Eaton Childcare Center, King’s Daughters Day Home, Ladies of Charity Welfare Agency, Inc., Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, 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), United Neighborhood Health Services, Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center, YMCA of Middle Tennessee, Youth Life Learning Center and YWCA