Ultimate Backpack Supply Drive returns in August

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The sixth annual Ultimate Backpack Supply Drive presented by CoStar and sponsored by WHOA Behavioral Health returns in August.

The largest school supply drive in the country is hosted by VCU Alumni and Communities In School.

The event helps provide backpacks with supplies for thousands of K-12 students in Central Virginia, Virginia Beach and children in need at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

To help fill up backpacks, a supply drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Forest Avenue Walmart, which is near Glenside Drive in Henrico.

Needed school supplies:

• Pencils
• Pencil sharpeners
• Erasers
• Wide-ruled paper
• Dry-erase boards with markers
• Notebooks/composition books
• Rulers measuring centimeters and inches
• Pencil pouches
• Large crayons
• Colored pencils
• Highlighter tape
• Glue sticks
• Scissors (non-pointing)
• Index cards
• Backpacks

Volunteers will be filling backpacks with supplies on Aug. 10 at Richmond Raceway.

Monetary donations to support the drive can be made HERE.

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