A volunteer helps sort supplies as they
are collected for the United Way Stuff the Bus event
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One way that we are working
to advance the good of all is to ensure that when school
starts each year that every child has the ability to return
to the classroom with all the supplies that are needed for
them to be successful.
United Way believes that the inability to afford school
supplies should not be an obstacle to a child’s success, and
that is why each year we facilitate Stuff the Bus.
This program ensures that all children who need them have
access to the school supplies that are required for back to
school. Each year we park a school bus in front of local
Wal-Mart stores and ask individuals who can to buy an extra
pack of pencils, paper, glue, crayons, etc. for children in
the local school systems.
This is a major effort to create lasting changes in our
community, and we can’t do it alone. We need volunteers to
help make the effort a success.
We are asking you to log on to our
volunteer website,
and sign up to help us collect supplies. It only takes a few
hours of your time on July 25 or 26, but you will be helping
to reach out a hand to one and influence the condition of
all.
Because when a child has the ability to start school with
one less obstacle to success, then we all win, and you are
illustrating your commitment to Live United.
For more information contact Teresa Smith at
tsmith@unitedwaynwa.org or call 479-750-1221. |
