Danvers Back-To-School Supply Drive For Students In Need

DANVERS, MA — Danvers residents can help students in need get off to a good start in the first full year since the COVID-19 disruptions by dropping off back-to-school supplies at the Danvers Food Pantry or Peabody Institute Library.

Items can be dropped off at the Danvers Food Pantry at 12 Sylvan Street from 4 to 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of September. They can also be dropped off in the front lobby of the Peabody Institute location in Danvers through Sept. 20.

Items in need are glue sticks, No. 2 pencils, pens (blue, black and red), backpacks, zippered pencil bags, colored markers, colored pencils, compositions notebooks, three-ring binders, binder paper, highlighters and pocket folders.

Those with questions can contact the Danvers Food Pantry at 978-739-4188.

(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.)