With summer activities in full swing, school may be the furthest thing from your mind but now is the time for the annual school-supply drive coordinated by our Homelessness Task Force. We are partnering with West Seattle Rotary's Pencil Me In for Kids campaign and the West Seattle/Fauntleroy Y to equip elementary and Head Start programs in this area with supplies their students will need come fall. Find the list of high-priority items HERE. Look for donation boxes in the narthex and lobby OR make a cash donation HERE. The drive will run through Aug. 4.
An Abundance of School Supplies
Thanks to your generosity, our annual school-supply drive was another winner for area low-income students. Scores of students will have the supplies they’ll need to start the new term, including 62 boxes of colored pencils, 202 glue sticks, and 420 pencils. We were able to pass along $200 in cash donations to West Seattle Rotary for bulk purchase of supplies and to earmark $1,200 for special supplies that Highland Park, Roxhill, Sanislo, and West Seattle elementaries would otherwise not be able afford. Finally, we joined West Seattle Rotary in giving this area's Head Start coordinator 92 backpacks to equip students for this coming term and the next.
Annual School-Supply Drive
Every summer, Fauntleroy Church collaborates with West Seattle Rotary's Pencil Me In for Kids campaign to make sure that area low-income elementary and Head Start students have the supplies they need for learning.
Between July 16 and Aug. 6, we invite members and friends of the congregation to donate markers, glue sticks, and other high-priority supplies or to make a cash donation. Our cash goal is $1,000 for special supplies that five area programs would otherwise not be able to afford.
Supply donations are welcome in the church/YMCA lobby or out in the community at Wildwood Market, Treo Organic Salon, or Hazelwood Preschool. The list of priority supplies is found below. To make a financial donation, please click here. Thanks for investing in our children!
