UPB will once again support Central Union Mission's Operation Backpack Program by donating 10 backpacks for High School students. Our support enables underprivileged children in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to return to school confident and better prepared to learn and succeed! We plan to collect supplies and backpacks over a two-month period and will focus on a few items from the supply list each week. A complete list is available on the credenza in the Narthex. If you are able to commit to donating a backpack, please let Judy Farrell or Mary Jo Munnelly know.
Here are the supplies we'll be collecting each week:
- High School:
- 10 Backpacks (1 per student)
- June 3:
- pack of pencils
- pencil case
- erasers (2 pack)
- pencil sharpener
- pack of colored pencils
- June 10:
- pack of black pens
- pack of blue pens
- pack of red pens
- June 17:
- pair of scissors
- 12-in ruler (with centimeters)
- geometry set
- June 24:
- glue sticks (2 per student)
- highlighters (3 per student)
- July 1:
- pack of 8 subject dividers
- 3x5 note cards (2 packs per student)
- pocket folders (10 per student)
- July 8:
- notebooks (4 per student)
- packs of loose-leaf paper, college ruled (3 packs per student)
- graph paper (1 pkg per student)
- three-ring binder (1 inch) (2 per student)
- July 15:
- Book Covers, Stretchable, Asst Colors (5 per student)
- stapler and staple remover
- bottle of correction fluid
- July 22:
- agenda book/student planner
- pocket dictionary
- pocket thesaurus
- July 29:
- 1 USB flash drive 4 GB or lower
- 1 scientific calculator
