At the beginning of July, CARDSource employees took part in Simon Says Give’s July High Five For Supplies drive. The goal of this drive is to collect essential school supplies for children in need. CARDSource's community action team assigned point values to specific items: backpacks, calculators, pencils, scissors, and more. The rules are simple: collect the most points for your team by the end of the month to win!
After team #4 led for the first few weeks, team #2 pulled out an extensive, last-minute victory!
At the conclusion of the drive, we collected a total of:
44 backpacks
26 packs of loose leaf paper
20 sets of markers
20 sets of colored pencils
45 sets of crayons
13 sets of watercolor paints
5 standard calculators
7 scientific calculators
32 sets of glue sticks
17 scissors
2 rulers
44 sets of 5+ pencils
12 sets of pens
3 erasers
13 pocket folders
81 spiral notebooks
10 highlighters
We couldn’t be prouder of enabling these children to succeed in school. It's always rewarding to band together for the sake of improving the community.
The July school supply drive may be over, but there are always ways to help children in need. Learn more about how you can help here.