This is the time of year when Junction City / Geary County United Way plans for the annual Stuff the Bus campaign to raise school supplies for needy children.
Nichole Mader, United Way Director, said the kickoff date is July 23. The big yellow bus where you can donate school supplies will be at the Walmart Super Center and at Dillons. Other businesses will have small cardboard buses at their location.
Mader state other collection dates will July 30 and Aug. 6. "Stuff the Bus collects supplies for USD 475 Geary County and USD 473 Chapman. The Adopt a Backpack program will return this year and if you can also make a cash donation.
Popular school supplies that are donated from crayons and markers to spiral notebooks and three-ring binders. The school supplies are distributed at the schools at the beginning of the school year.