Help Sarasota Police Pack The Patrol Car With School Supplies

SARASOTA, COUNTY, FL – With Sarasota students heading back to class Aug. 13, the Sarasota Police Department is asking the community to help Pack the Patrol Car with school supplies.

Sarasota Police officers are accepting school supplies now until noon on Friday, Aug. 10 for the second annual Pack the Patrol Car.

School supply donations can be dropped off from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the lobby of the Sarasota Police Department, 2099 Adams Lane, Sarasota.

During the inaugural Pack the Patrol Car event in 2017, more than 2,300 school supplies were donated by the community.

Following the Pack the Patrol Car event, Sarasota Police officers will deliver all donated school supplies to the third Annual Unity in the Community Event at the Newtown Estates Park, 2800 Newtown Blvd., on Sunday, Aug, 12. School supplies will be distributed to students by the Barbershop Men of Prayer Group between noon. and 6 p.m.

Officers are accepting school supplies for all ages and grade levels including backpacks, pencils, pens, highlighters, boxes of Kleenex, small bottles of hand sanitizer, folders, notebooks , glue, markers, crayons, erasers and notebook paper.

Event volunteers will break down all donations by grade level and distribute these items as needed to each student.

Video via Sarasota Police

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