Today is the last day for the inaugural Stuff The Bus program. The collection of items for the literacy kits events through the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties is expected to provide more than 500 local students with tools and resources for success. The educational program is being focused on in order to provide the students not only with school supplies but also books and activites promoting literacry. Items needed to complete the literacy kits include: scissors (Fiskar brand), wide-ruled notebook paper, craft paper or handwriting paper, spiral-bound notebooks with wide ruled notebook paper, 24-count Crayola,crayons, number 2 pencils, Crayola markers, stickers, Elmer’s glue sticks and Play- Doh.
Various locations are accepting donations for the Stuff the Bus program, including: FirstBank locations and Stones River Hospital of Woodbury. Public collection sites will close today and kits will be distributed in backpacks to the students tomorrow through a school bus delivery system.
For more information on sponsoring a literacy kit for $10 today call 615-893-7303.
