Kicking Off Push for Pencils
More than 80,000 children in St. Louis cannot afford the basic school supplies they need to succeed in school. On Aug. 1 the St. Louis area community will come together to help these students and to kick-off KidSmart's Push for Pencils community wide supply drive.
The Push for Pencils kick-off will start at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at the Office Depot in Richmond Heights, 1024 Big Bend Blvd.
Teams of KidSmart teachers and corporate volunteers will compete in events which include a paper relay, a pencil stuffing competition and a shopping spree. Winners of the competitions will take supplies such as a grade level set of notebooks, a class set of markers and more than 1,000 pencils back to their students. Office Depot is generously donating all of the supplies for the competitions.
All eligible KidSmart teachers who attend will also receive extra books for their classrooms. Push for Pencils is a community-wide school supply drive that runs from Aug. 1 - 31. Push for Pencils drives will be held at more than 350 St. Louis area locations.
Community members can drop off supplies at any Office Depot, Crown Vision Center, American Equity Mortgage, National City or Custom Cuts locations. KidSmart helps kids in need succeed in school by providing them with free school supplies.
For more information about the kick-off or Push for Pencils e-mail info@kidsmartstl.org or call 314-291-6211.