Some Kids Here Need Help with School Supplies

CENTRAL — Central Community Assistance Foundation (CCAF) is taking donations of school supplies for students-in-need (public, private, or home schooled) who live in the City of Central.

Families must qualify for assistance through a CCAF application which can be picked up at the Central Library on Joor or the Central School Board office on Hooper Road, behind Capitol One Bank.  School supplies and uniforms will be distributed around the first of August.

Items may be brought to Walgreens at the corner of Sullivan and Greenwell Springs, Central Christian Academy on Joor, Raising Cane’s on Sullivan, Central Chamber of Commerce at 12416 Hooper Road, or the Central School Board office on Hooper.

Items needed: Backpacks, pencils, crayons, glue sticks, notebooks, paper towels, Kleenex, binders, loose leaf paper, and so on.

The school uniform drive last month was highly successful.  CCAF is still taking donated uniforms at the school board office.

Send items before Tuesday, July 24, so volunteers can sort the supplies by appropriate grade level and distribute prior to school openings.

For information, go to www.helpcentralstudents.com or call 571-3337 or 650-2906.