Fill the Bus
The Allen community places a high priority on our educational system. We pride ourselves on having excellent schools, hiring the best teachers and providing a curriculum and extracurricular activities that will meet the needs and challenges of our future leaders. As fortunate as we are, there are still families in our system that are struggling to meet their basic needs and buying school supplies taxes their already strained situation, especially if they have more than one child. As an effort to ease this burden and provide each child with an equal chance at an excellent education, a collaborative project between the Allen Chamber of Commerce, the Allen ISD, the Allen Community Outreach, and local businesses called “Fill the Bus” will promote the need for school supply collections throughout our community. Last year, “Fill the Bus” benefited almost 1000 children and over 32,000 supplies were collected. This year we are planning on doubling our efforts to get supplies to the 2300 students that need throughout AISD & LISD, including middle and high school students.
August 9-13, 2010
School supplies that are needed in August include:
* These items are needed most
*Spiral Notebooks
*Notebook paper
*Folders with Brads and/or pockets
*1” 3-Ring binders
*Erasers
*Glue sticks
*Highlighters
*#2 Pencils
Paperclips
Crayons
Facial Tissue
Washable School Glue
4x6 Index Cards
9x12 Manila Paper
12x18 Manila Paper
Map Pencils’
Black/Blue ink pens
Washable Markers
Dry Erase Markers
Pencil Box
9x12 Construction Paper
12x18 Construction Paper
Scissors
Watercolors
Back Packs
Refillable Water Bottles
Payless Shoe $5 Gift Certificates
Volunteer opportunities available so please call the Chamber in July if you are interested in participating in Fill The Bus.
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