Do any of you have new school supplies that you bought last year when the prices were good, but you never used? I know I do! I bought about 100 spiral notebooks last year. I thought that I would send them to my sponsored children, until I looked at the price of shipping! It would probably cost me at least $200 to send these spirals that only cost me $10. Well, I have a solution! I can get these supplies to Children International, and they will ship them to the children that need them. Although they serve many countries all over the world at the present time they are only sending shipments to the following locations due to import restrictions: Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Chile, The Philippines, Zambia, Uganda and Kenya.
So, I have started a nationwide school supply drive, and you are invited to participate. Here is the post from Children International's blog regarding the details:
One of the most powerful things the sponsorship program does to combat poverty is help children have the supplies they need so they can go to or stay in school.
Now one of our great sponsors, Heather, would like to go the extra mile. She is organizing a drive to help gather large quantities of school supplies for sponsored children…and she’d like your help.
“I need people that are willing to organize a drive (or maybe willing to donate a lot by themselves). They can contact me regarding what they can collect and by what time (and where I need to meet them to get the stuff),” says Heather.
The items Heather is looking for are school supplies, pencils, pens, notebooks, coloring books, crayons, children’s books and backpacks. So if you’re up to the challenge, contact her at heatherlecount@yahoo.com.
Thanks, Heather!
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