Monroe County residents will have two opportunities Saturday (August 8) to help “stuff the bus” with school supplies as part of the “Supplying Our Future” Backpacks for Kids in Monroe County. 

               School buses will be parked and set up to accept the school supplies donations at the Kroger store, 3462 Sterns Rd., Lambertville, and at Cricket Wireless, 1263 N. Telegraph Rd.  Collection times are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday in each location.

               The Back Pack Coalition expects to distribute 1,200 back packs to children in Bedford, Monroe and Dundee prior to the start of school.   Roughly 60 percent of all of the backpacks distributed will go to children who are Monroe Public Schools students, so please so by and stuff the bus if you can.  

Any school supplies donations will be accepted, including back packs, pencils, paper, rulers, crayons, and scissors. Think of it this way – the same kinds of materials you would purchase to prepare your own child to start school are the items which will be accepted. 

NashIcon 98.3 radio Monroe is a co-sponsor of the drives.  School buses were donated by Bedford and Monroe public schools.