Backpack Drive For Princeton Students In Need Underway

PRINCETON, NJ — The Princeton Human Services Department’s ninth annual Backpack and School Supplies Drive is underway. The drive benefits Princeton children who are low-income and in need of school supplies and new backpacks.

For the past nine years, the Princeton Human Services Commission, municipal employees, local businesses, organizations and residents have donated book bags and school supplies that have benefited over 150 Princeton children, according to the human services department.

The items are distributed to children from low-income families who attend the Princeton Public Schools and are entering kindergarten through sixth grade.

Anyone who would like to participate in this year’s drive, may drop off donations at the Princeton Human Services office on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office is located in the former borough hall at One Monument Drive. The deadline for donations is Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.

Participants may donate book bags (gender neutral, it is preferred) or school supplies or both. Items that can be donated include book bags, notebooks, binders, folders, loose leaf paper, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, scissors, glue sticks, and other school supplies.

Hundreds of applications have been distributed to families with children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. For more information, call 609-688-2055 or send an e-mail to murias@princetonnj.gov.

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