4 Wayne-Area Planet Fitness Locations Participating In School Supply Drive: How To Help

WAYNE, NJ — A well-known fitness center company is collecting school supplies in the Wayne area to help the thousands of New Jersey kids who arrive at school in the fall without basic school supplies.

Four Planet Fitness locations in Passaic Co. are partnering with volunteer organization Jersey Cares from Aug. 1-18 to collect essential school supplies, such as notebooks, pencils, pens, backpacks, calculators, glue sticks, and crayons. The supplies will be given to youth between the ages of 7 and 16.

You do not have to be a member of Planet Fitness to donate, the company added.

Supplies must be new, and can also include laptops, tablets, headphones, and gift cards; click here to see the full list.

Here is where you can donate supplies at Planet Fitness locations in Passaic County, the company said:

• Planet Fitness Clifton: 600 Getty Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
• Planet Fitness Clifton (Bloomfield Ave): 1065 Bloomfield Ave, Clifton, NJ 07012
• Planet Fitness Hawthorne: 13119 Hawthorne Blvd, Hawthorne, CA 90250
• Planet Fitness Paterson: 100 Hamilton Plaza, Paterson, NJ 07505

Livingston-based nonprofit Jersey Cares is collecting the supplies to help financially-disadvantaged schoolchildren succeed in class, and their school supply drive is already underway. People may also donate virtually by visiting the Amazon wish list or host an online drive themselves.

Jersey Cares will work with schools, children's shelters, and community centers "with the goal that no children in New Jersey will have to experience a first day of school without these basic necessities," the organization said.