Giving Green and School Tools – annual drive set for Aug. 1-15

UNC Charlotte is joining with Classroom Central, Communities in Schools and WSOC-TV for the 18th annual School Tools Campaign.

School Tools is a drive to collect and distribute school supplies to children who need them. All supplies collected will be distributed through Classroom Central, a free store for teachers and Communities in Schools site coordinators.

Classroom Central gives area teachers an opportunity to shop for donated school supplies for their students, many of them live in poverty and would start the school year unequipped otherwise.

The University’s campaign will be Friday, Aug. 1, through Friday Aug. 15. Donation sites will focus on the collection of the following items: pens, pencils, crayons/markers, ruled notebook paper and pocket folders; however, all school supplies will be accepted.

Collection bins will be in Atkins Library, Auxiliary Services Building, Barnhardt Student Activity Center, Cato Hall, College of Education, Duke Centennial Hall, EPIC, Friday Building, Facilities Management/PPS Building, Foundation Building, Grigg Hall, Reese Building and Woodward Hall.

For more information about School Tools, email Jordan Harris, community affairs coordinator, at jordanharris@uncc.edu.