July 1 - 30, 2023
Join us in collecting backpacks and school supplies for needy East Coachella Valley students. Galilee Center will distribute our donations in August.
Supply List for Backpack and School Supplies Drive
Please bring these items to UUCOD throughout the month of July. Place them in or around the brown lobby bins. Please do not assemble them into notebooks, Galilee Center Volunteers will do that.
Glue Sticks
Safety Scissors
12” Rulers
Wide-Ruled Lined Paper
College-Ruled Lined Paper
Wide-Ruled Spiral Notebooks
College-Ruled Spiral Notebooks
Binder Notebooks
Black Ink Pens
Blue Ink Pens
Red Ink Pens
#2 Pencils
Crayons
Color Pencils
Washable Markers
Yellow Highlighters
Backpacks various sizes for Kinder through 12th Grades
Click here for a convenient printable list.
The deadline for donating these items is July 30 at the Sunday Worship Service.
Social Justice Blog Posts
July’s Share the Plate will go to Buying School Supplies & Backpacks for Galilee Center
On Sunday, July 19th we will Share the Plate with Galilee Center. Your generous donations will go towards buying items for their backpack and school supply drive.
This is our 5th year offering struggling East Valley families some relief from the high costs of back-to-school shopping. In August, Galilee Center will distribute the backpacks filled with age/grade-appropriate materials such as notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, crayons, scissors, folders and binders. These backpacks and supplies give each child the much-needed boost of confidence to succeed in the coming school year and help teachers equip their classrooms for a successful year of learning.
Please give as generously as you are able.
If you are interested in learning more about the volunteer opportunities to fill the backpacks and distribute them, please read the related article above.
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