Stuff the Bus 2024 supporting Crayons to Classrooms
Stuff the Bus 2024 supporting Crayons to Classrooms
About Stuff the Bus 2024
Join Crayons to Classrooms' annual supply drive to equip students for the back-to-school season!
Each summer, Crayons to Classrooms partners with the community to host hundreds of school supply drives so students in need can start off the school year right.
WHY: According to local teachers, 75% of their students have no access to the supplies they need to succeed in the classroom.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: We invite everyone to join—individuals, businesses, faith groups, civic organizations, neighborhoods, sports teams—everyone who cares about students and teachers in our community! This year’s drive will include a friendly competition and we encourage you to challenge other departments, businesses, and groups!
WHEN: Stuff the Bus will run from July 1 – August 31, 2024.
WHERE: Host your drive in person or virtually. Your support will help 54,000+ local students and their teachers prepare well for the upcoming school year.
Date
Starts at: June 29, 2024 11:00 PM
Ends at: August 30, 2024 11:00 PM
Location
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Contact
Diane Flick
9375286407
d.flick@crayonstoclassrooms.org
Why Participate?
Nearly 2 out of 3 local students start the school year going without.
Approximately 86.5% of the students at schools Crayons to Classrooms serves come from low-income families. These families struggle to make ends meet, and school supplies fall to the bottom of the list.
The result is a gap in learning for students at under-resourced schools. Teachers bear the burden—and often, the costs—of bridging that gap.
When students have the right tools for learning, their participation improves, their confidence increases, and their self-esteem grows.
Stuff the Bus is one way to support students in need, and their teachers! When you donate to Crayons to Classrooms, you are helping to provide these basic school supplies.
Top 10 Supplies
- Markers
- Pencils
- Colored pencils
- Crayons
- Children's scissors
- 70ct spiral notebooks
- Filler paper
- Glue sticks
- Pocket folders
- Construction paper
How Your Support Makes a Difference
Access to supplies sets the stage for success at school and beyond…
By supporting Stuff the Bus, you put the right supplies into the hands of students with great potential who would otherwise go without. Crayons to Classrooms serves teachers and students at 135 schools and childcare centers across the Miami Valley. In the 2023-2024 school year, we distributed $3.4 million in crayons, pencils, backpacks, and many other much-needed supplies.
In a recent Kids in Need Foundation survey, 98% of teachers said that access to free school supplies is very important for daily class activities.
In the same survey, 99% of teachers also shared that access to school supplies allows them to focus on their students’ other educational needs.