Back-to-School Donations Sought by County's Homeless Coalition

ROCKVILLE, MD — If you’re buying school supplies for your kids, you can help the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless by donating supplies.

Help from the public is needed to ensure the 300 children the coalition serves go back to school with everything they need for a successful school year, organizers said.

The agency’s 2016 Back to School Fair will be held Thursday, Aug. 18, at Faith United Methodist Church, 6810 Montrose Road in Rockville.

Donations can be dropped off or shipped to the coalition’s main office located at 600-B East Gude Drive in Rockville by Friday, Aug. 12.

View an updated list of the group’s school and party supply needs here.

Drop-off hours for supplies are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

If you are shipping items directly to our office, contact Naira Hirz at nhirz@mcch.net to let her know which items to expect.

Volunteers are also needed for the back-to-school fair to run games and activities, including:

• Face painting
• Twister/limbo
• Board games
• Creating balloon animals
• Arts and crafts projects

Sign up to help here.