Marion County Hosts Summer School Supply Drive – WUFT
Marion County Public Schools Shall be kicking off ancompletely different yr of giving to homeless and needy college students with “Mission: Bus Brigade – Current Their Success”.
This school supply drive is a summer time-prolonged program that asks the group to donate new school provides, youngsters’s clothes, footwear, private hygiene gadgets And even monetary contrihoweverions. This method provides these provides to 29 elementary schools, 10 center schools, eight Highschools and An further eight instructional institutions Inside The varsity district.
Typically, An exact school bus is pushed to completely different group places to acquire group donations, however COVID-19 restrictions Will not permit that this yr.
Donations Might be made by look at payable to “Homeless/Needy Children Program” and mailed to Mission: Bus Brigade, c/o Homeless and Needy Children Program, Marion County Public Schools, 1614 E. Fort King St., Ocala, Florida, 34471.
In earlier yrs And by way of completely different variations, the advertising campaign has generated over $500,000 in donations and merchandise, which have been distrihowevered by way of The varsity district’s Homeless and Needy Children Program And school counselors. Staples is An monumental contrihoweveror to this yr’s effort.
The initiative Can furtherly take part Inside the “Again To Highschool Bash” with the Marion County Children’s Alliance on July 31 from 10 to 1. The event Shall be held On The buddies Recycling Middle located at 2350 NW 27 Ave., Ocala.
On Aug. 3, Usually acknowledged as “Super Tuesday,” further donations Shall be accepted at completely different Ocala places.
Additional Locations
9 a.m. – County Commissioner Meeting (McPherson Authorities Complicated)
10:30 a.m. – Ocala/Marion County Affiliation of Realtors® (3105 NE 14th St.)
11:30 a.m. – Staples (1901 E. Silver Springs Blvd.)
12:30 p.m. – Staples (Shady Oaks Buying Middle, SW State Road 200, Ocala)
1:30 p.m. – VFW Submit 4781 (9401 SW One hundred and tenth St.)