Glen Cove Youth Bureau Needs Your Help to Fill a Child's Bookbag

The start of the school year can be a stressful time, especially for families on a fixed income.

The Glen Cove Youth Bureau is looking to change that.

GCYB says it costs $78 to purchase school supplies for a first grader and $83 to purchase school supplies for a fourth grader in the Glen Cove School District. This does not cover back to school clothing, shoes, coats and more.

When the family cannot afford to purchase school supplies, the child can be left alienated from the other students and unmotivated to succeed in school.

Here’s how you can help:

The organization is teaming up with local citizens, organizations and businesses to help provide back to school supplies to disadvantaged youth in the community.

Each needy child will get a backpack filled with supplies to help them succeed in their studies.

The GCYB said 254 children in grades K through 12 received back to school supplies thanks to last year’s donation effort.

The following supplies will be collected:

• Backpacks (no wheels)
• 3-ring binders (all sizes, especially .5”, 1”, 1.5” & 3”)
• Thin and thick washable markers
• No. 2 pencils
• Erasable and regular pens in (blue, black, red)
• Colored pencils
• Highlighters
• Box of 24 crayons
• Zippered pencil case with 3 holes
• Small pencil sharpener
• Marble/composition notebooks
• Post-its (3”x3” & 1.5”x2”)
• Index cards (3”x5” and 5”x8”)
• Folders
• Section dividers
• Glue sticks (regular & jumbo)
• Scissors
• Portable 3-hole punch
• Protractors
• Plastic page protectors
• Rulers
• 2-gig flash drive
• Dry erase markers
• Graph paper
• Erasers
• Elmer’s glue
• Inexpensive headphones and earbuds
• White out
• Kindergarten pencils (extra thick)

Here’s where you can drop off supplies. Deadline is Friday, Aug. 21.

• Glen Cove Youth Bureau at 128B Glen St.
• Glen Cove Library at 4 Glen Cove Ave.
• City Hall, 3rd Floor Clerk’s Office
• Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce at 264 Glen St.

Monetary donations are also accepted. Please make your tax deductible check out to “Friends of the Glen Cove Youth Board” and mail to Glen Cove Youth Bureau, 128B Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542 Attn: Backpack Project. For more information, call Cindy Rogers at 671-4600.

Image via Glen Cove Youth Bureau