Members of the area community are donating supplies for needy children in the upcoming school term. Nichole Mader, Executive Director, Junction City / Geary County United Way, said on the first collection Saturday July 23rd more than 2,200 items were collected along with about $1,000 in monetary donations. A second collection day was held this past Saturday and there will be another one on Aug. 6th.
Mader said Spin City, 915 South Washington, is being utilized as a location to sort and count supplies in the Stuff the Bus effort. "We'd just like to thank the City of Junction City and Allen Dinkel for allowing us to use Spin City because there's a lot of school supplies, so having that space is really important."
Individual businesses are serving as collection points for school supplies or you can deposit them at Dillons and the Walmart Supercenter this Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Some of the items still in the higher need range from headphones and earbuds to three-ring binders and for high school students, flash drives.
The supplies will be distributed to students at the beginning of the school year.