With the starting of school just around the corner many children will not have the supplies they need to begin school. Now is the time to register for the Back-to-School Program sponsored by the West Central Missouri Community Action Agency.
To be eligible for this program, the entire household income must be 125% of the federal poverty guidelines or less. You may sign up at the Bates County Outreach Center at 5 East Dakota Street in Butler, deadline for applications if July 15th.
The Back-to-School Program is accepting donations of supplies or a cash donation and they will purchase the supplies.
The greatest need is for backpacks. Here is a list of suggested supplies that are needed:
• Wide line loos leaf notebook paper
• Wide line spiral notebooks
• Dry erase markers
• Washable markers (basic colors)
• Washable fine line markers
• 1” 3-ring binders
• Graph paper
• Big pink erasers
• Pencil-top erasers
• Bottles of white glue
• Scissors
• Calculators (basic and scientific)
• Protractors
• Compasses
• Clorox wipes
• Hand sanitizer
• Boxes of Kleenex
Donations may be taken or sent to the Bates County Outreach Center or for more information the contact number is 660-679-4108.
Marla Kash, fm92news
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