School Supply Drive

Whim So Doodle has teamed up with Kids Charity of Tampa Bay (same ones that we are cropping with on October 18th!!) to help them collect school supplies for Tampa Bay area foster children.  Y'all know that this charity and what they stand for has quickly become near and dear to my heart!!

There are over 3,000 school aged foster children in the TB area and funds for foster families are not provided to purchase school supplies because academic tools like notebooks are not considered a "basic need".  So, enter Kids Charity who is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for foster children and foster families.  Through community involvement each school year they are able to provide backpacks full of school supplies to hundreds of children in foster care! 

The Doodle Divas are so proud to be part of the drive this year and we are putting out "the call" to our customers for help!  Your participation in other "calls" we've put out have so humbled us with your generosity and have blessed the recipients greatly!  (I am pretty sure there are some happy puppies out there in good "doodle" homes from our last call!!) 

Here is a list of supplies needed to fill the backpacks:

-Notebooks

-Two-pocket folders

-Pens & Pencils

-Pocket Dictionaries

-Crayons

-Colored pencils

-Markers

-Calculators

-Scissors (blunt end)

-Rulers

-Erasers

-Notebook Paper (general rule)

-Subject Notebooks

-Glue/Glue Sticks

We have set up a huge drop bin in the front of the store and will be collecting supplies starting today and going until Wednesday, August 6th at 6pm!  That gives us about 3 weeks to collect-collect-collect!!  If you do not have the time or do not live near the TB area and would like to participate all monetary gifts are great appreciated to help purchase the backpacks!  You can make any checks out to:  Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Inc., mark the memo spot with "school supplies" and mail to us and we will deliver them.  Mail to:  Whim So Doodle 237 2nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

Thank you so much in advance!!!

Jen

Comments

[jackie]

Jen and Divas,
I just got back from school supply shopping at Target. It is POURING down rain so I am not sure when I will get over the bridge, but you've got some from me,
Jackie D.