The “Backpacks for Kids” campaign is collecting school supplies until Aug. 3.
Each year the Salvation Army purchases 360 backpacks, which are then filled with supplies donated by area residents. The backpacks are given to children of families in need before the school year begins.
Donations needed include pencils, pens (black, blue and red), erasers (block), crayons (box of 24), markers (box of 10), spiral notebooks (wide-ruled), filler paper (wide-ruled), rulers, scissors, colored pencils, two-pocket folders, glue sticks, glue bottles and pencil boxes.
Donations can be dropped off through Aug. 3 at the following locations: Total Fitness, 212 E. Green Bay St.; Perkins Family Restaurant, 1398 E. Green Bay St.; Premier Community Bank, 1273 S. Main St.; and CoVantage Credit Union, 911 E. Green Bay St.
Monetary donations can be mailed to Backpacks for Kids, care of Donna Milbauer, W4924 Stark Road, Shawano, WI 54166.
The campaign is sponsored by Shawano Women of Today, the Shawano Lake Lioness Club, the Shawano County Retired Teachers Association and the Salvation Army.
Sue Dionne, of Shawano Women of Today, and Donna Milbauer, of the Shawano Lake Lioness Club, are co-chairpersons for the campaign.
Families can apply for backpacks at the Shawano Area Food Pantry and Resource Center and Shawano County Department of Social Services.
For information, call Milbauer at 715-526-6954.
