Back-to-School Drive

Back-to-School community drive begins in late July and continues through the end of August. However, we do accept donations for this program all year round.

Ways you can support our collection drives:

• Don’t like to shop, or don’t have the time? Our volunteers love to shop! Donate now through our secure online site. Your donation can also be in someone’s name to the Back-to-School program and they will receive a note informing them of your thoughtful gift.
• Become a drop site. Collect school supplies and backpacks at work, church, through your civic organization, or in your neighborhood.
• Buy a spare. When you purchaseschool supplies for your child, buy an extra set to donate.
• Turn your birthday/anniversary party into a collection opportunity! Instead of exchanging gifts, have everyone bring school supplies or a donation for the collection drive to donate to the collection drive you are supporting.
• Volunteer to buy, sort and distribute school supplies. Contact us to find out more.

What do we need:
TI84 Graphing Calculators (new/used)
New Backpacks
Glue Sticks
Washable Markers (10 pack)
Scissors (elementary)
Colored Pencils
Folders (multiple colors)

Notebooks (college ruled & wide ruled)
Loose Leaf (college ruled & wide ruled)
Yellow Highlighters
Red Pens
Blue & Black Pens
Rulers
Big Pink Erasers
Pencil Pouches

We also are in need of the following items:
New Socks - Boys & Girls (all sizes)
New Underwear - Boys & Girls all sizes; Men and Women (up to size 8)
Additional items: Paper towels, Ziploc bags (sandwich, quart, gallon), healthy snacks, Kleenex, assignment books.
 
2011 Back-to-School Collection Sites:
43 Hoops (Hopkins)
Cub Foods (Minnetonka)
Curves (Hopkins)
Dunn Brothers (Excelsior)
Eisenhower Community Center (Hopkins)
Excelsior United Methodist (Excelsior)
First Minnetonka Bank (Hopkins)
First Minnetonka Bank (Minnetonka)
Full Motion Fitness (Hopkins)
Gethsemane Lutheran Church (Hopkins)
Great Harvest Bread Company (Minnetonka)
Hopkins Center for the Arts / Stages Theater (Hopkins)
Hopkins City Hall (Hopkins)
Mid-Country Bank (Minnetonka)
Mid-Country Bank (Shorewood)
Minnetonka City Hall (Minnetonka)
Mizpah UCC (Hopkins)
Ridgedale YMCA (Hopkins)
Shepherd of the Hills Church (Edina)
Shorewood City Hall (Shorewood)
Starbucks (Hopkins)
Top Colour Shop (Hopkins)