Beverly Bootstraps To Provide Free Back-To-School Supplies

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly Bootstraps is looking to help North Shore families in need with critical school supplies for the upcoming academic year.

The nonprofit is providing free, new backpacks and school supplies for those who are having trouble affording them in Beverly, Essex, Hamilton, Manchester and Wenham for students in grades kindergarten through high school.

Those interested in the backpack and supplies must complete the form here. Upon arrival, parents and guardians must then show identification for the student (birth certificate, health or social security card), identification for themselves, and proof of residency in Beverly, Essex, Hamilton, Manchester or Wenham (mail postmarked within the past 30 days).

Pickup will take place at 35 Park Street with last names beginning with A-D picking up on Monday from 3 to 6 p.m., last names beginning with E-L picking up Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., last names beginning with M-R picking up Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. and last names beginning with S-Z picking up Friday from 9 a.m. to noon.

More information on the program can be found here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)