2 Alexandria Middle Schools To Be Supplied With Back To School Kits Through United Way

ALEXANDRIA, VA – United Way of the National Capital Area is holding its annual Back to School Stuff the Bus initiative on Monday. The initiative provides school supplies to students across seven schools in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, United Way says.

The Stuff the Bus initiative's 500 school supply kits will go to seven area Title 1 schools: schools with large low-income populations that are eligible for federal funding for educational support.

One Alexandria school will be supported by the initiative: Walt Whitman Middle School. Other schools receiving support are

• Robert R. Gray Elementary School (Prince George's County, MD)
• Buck Lodge Middle School (Prince George's County)
• High Point High School (Prince George's County, MD)
• Kelly Miller Middle School (Washington, DC)
• Loiederman Middle School (Montgomery County, MD)
• Cannon Road Elementary School (Montgomery County, MD)

Now in its 10th year, the initiative is intended to help alleviate inequality in education in the region.

The campaign provides backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies to middle school students at the selected schools. The backpacks contain binders, dividers and folders; paper, composition books and sticky notes; pens, pencils, highlighters, pencil sharpeners and erasers; earbuds with microphones and more. United Way has a wishlist where donors can buy school items for the campaign directly here.

This year's Stuff the Bus event will be held on Monday, Aug. 17, at United Way Worldwide’s Alexandria headquarters at 701 N. Fairfax St.

More information can be found here. To volunteer, click here. To donate, click here.

This story has been updated to reflect a new beneficiary list.