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Opportunity Details

Back To School Donation Drive

Bethany AME Church is collecting school supplies for boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 13 as part of its Back-to-School Drive. Volunteers are encouraged to purchase as many new items from the wishlist and drop them off at the posted dates and location (below) to ensure that local schoolchildren have everything they need in order to be productive and successful learners.

  • Book bags (appropriate for boys and girls ages 4-13)
  • Hardcover composition notebooks
  • Loose-leaf paper
  • 2-pocket school folders
  • Plastic or wooden rulers (12")
  • Blunt scissors (5" size)
  • Sharpie highlighter
  • Erasers
  • Individual pencil sharpeners
  • Pencils (12-pack)
  • Ball point pens (blue or black)
  • Crayola crayons in assorted colors
  • Crayola markers (10- or 12-pack)
  • Custom USB drives (2-10 GB)
  • Hand sanitizer
  • White facial tissues (2-ply)
  • Clorox or Lysol disinfecting wipes (75-80 count)

To volunteer:

  1. Express interest below to record this opportunity in your Volunteer New York! profile and to alert the volunteer coordinator
  2. Purchase/collect the items above and deliver them to the following location at the specified collection days and times:

    Mondays and Tuesdays only from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. until September 6
    Nepperhan Community Center
    342 Warburton Avenue
    Yonkers, NY 10701
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Children & Youth Education
Families, Low-Income Communities
Collecting, Sorting & Packaging,Donations & Drives

Age Minimum (with Adult): 4+, Minimum Age:13+

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