KidSmart Distributes More Than $1.3 Million in Free School Supplies to Local Kids in Need
Since re-opening in August, KidSmart- Tools for Learning has distributed more than $1.3 million in free school supplies to local kids in need. There have been more than 2,000 shopping trips to help distribute the supplies to students in need.
KidSmart is still in need of donations, especially the fab five school supplies (paper, pencils, markers, crayons and glue) to give students the chance to succeed through the second half of the school year.
2006-2007 KidSmart Product Report Card*
- $1,370,185.86 in product distributed
- 2,389 shopping trips taken
- 188,280 pencils
- 6,973 packs of filler paper
- 6,843 boxes of markers
- 10,888 bottles of glue
- 12,717 boxes of crayons
- 42,727 new books
*As of Nov. 30, 2006