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School Supply Collection at Stevens Memorial Library

Donate new school supplies and backpacks and help local children be ready to succeed on their first day of school.

Donate New School Supplies at Stevens Memorial Library

Community Giving Tree is collecting school supplies for children in need during the month of July. Items needed include new pens, pencils, pocket folders, notebooks, glue sticks, markers, crayons, colored pencils, erasers and new backpacks. Children living in Lawrence, Lynn, Salem, Gloucester, Haverhill, Lowell, Peabody, Beverly, Danvers and Methuen will receive these backpacks in time for their first day of school.

Donations are being accepted at Stevens Memorial Library throughout July and into August.

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You can also donate directly through their Amazon wishlist and all items will be shipped right to Community Giving Tree.

Go to CommunityGivingTree.org to learn more.

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