Ready Set Go! Back to School returns; where to donate supplies – WSAV-TV
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Organizers are gearing up for the annual Ready Set Go! Again To Highschool (RSGBTS) giveaway.
Now in its Thirteenth yr, the event provides hundreds Of college students with important school provides, setting them up For fulfillment Inside the classroom.
“Your pencils, pens, paper, composition books, pocket books, highlighters, index playing cards, We’ll put collectively about 5,000 luggage Of school provides. That’s what we’ve been doing for the previous 13 yrs, and this yr Shall be no completely different,” said Tanya Scott-Pilcher, Co-Chair of RSGBTS.
The Pack the Trunk giveaway Is about for Saturday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon On the Backyard Metropolis Recreation Center (160 Priscilla Thomas Method). Attendees are requested to open their trunks and Bear the drive-by way of so volunteers can safely distribute school provides.
“All of us know That mom and father are in all probability nonetheless struggling by way of this pandemic as a Outcome of some have been unemployed, some ended up not With The power to make ends meet,” said Scott-Pilcher.
“Parents Even turned homeschool mothers and dads too, and so, We now Want to have The power To assist our group this yr like we’ve carried out Prior to now a quantity of yrs,” she added. “Simply being there for the mother or father, Making sure thOn The youngsters have what They’ve to succeed.”
Feed the Hungry May even be on-website Making a present of boxed meals and produce to households.
To serve upwards of 5,000 college students, Ready Set Go! Again To Highschool is asking for the group’s assist.
These Considering about volunteering, sponsoring or donating to Pack the Trunk can go to rsgbacktoschool.org.
WSAV, a proud sponsor of the event, is In your Facet with How one can Get entangled. Take A look under On the drop-off places and provides needed.
Drop-off places
- AT&T in Savannah (314 Mall Blvd)
- Center Parc Credit rating Union in Pooler, located inside Walmart (160 Pooler Pkwy)
- Center Parc Credit rating Union in Savannah, (6000 Ogeechee Rd)
- WSAV-Tv (1430 Victory Dr)
Gadgets needed
Elementary provides:
- 3-prong, 2-pocket folders
- youngsters scissors
- broad dominated pocket book paper
- crayons
- composition books
- index playing cards
- glue sticks
- hand sanitizer
- pens/pencils
- dry erase markers
Midde and Highschool provides:
- 2-inch binders
- binder dividers
- school dominated pocket book paper
- coloured pencils
- composition books
- index playing cards
- glue sticks
- hand sanitizer
- pens/pencils
- highlighters