Girl Scouts Mission Southside Food and School Items Drive

Girl Scouts at Heritage Elementary are partnering with Mission Southside and several other elementary schools to collect food items and school supplies to benefit low-income and homeless school children in Johnson County.

A collection barrel for donations is available at Heritage Elementary inside the school office.
The items collected will be delivered to Mission Southside on October 25, 2014.

Donation list attached. The food items are very specific, as they will be used for the Back Snack Program.

Contact Information: susan.clement@gmail.com or 913-254-0804

 

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School supplies needed:	Food drive items needed:
All supplies are needed, but especially….	Canned pasta
Spiral notebooks	Canned veggies
Folders	Canned meats
Glue sticks	Juice boxes
School glue	Individual fruit cups
Crayons	Individual applesauce cups
#2 pencils	Individual pudding cups
Highlighters	100% fruit chews
Dry erase markers	Granola bars
Water base markers	Cereal bars
Boxes of tissues	Peanut butter crackers
Hand sanitizer	Ramen noodles

Any school supplies would be appreciated, but the above list has items that schools run out of during the school year. Many students run short on supplies and do not have the resources to replenish them.

The items needed for the food drive are very specific. They will be going to help out in the Back Snack Program. This program is to provide food for children who would otherwise have nothing to eat on weekends when they are not attending school. Many of the children who receive these snack packs on the weekends are homeless or on free and reduced lunch. For many of these kids, the only meals they receive on the weekend are these packs.