School Supplies Drive
Family Matters encourages you to make a difference in the life of a child by donating new school supplies.
School Supplies Drop-off Sites:
Friends of the Children
44 NE Morris Street, Suite 2000
Portland, OR 97212-3015
Portland Children's Museum
4015 SW Canyon Rd.
Portland, OR 97221
Some of the items needed are:
Elementary and Middle School
Backpacks
Wide Ruled Notebooks
Wide Ruled Loose Leaf Paper
White Copier Paper
Construction Paper
Pencils (#2) and Sharpeners
Markers
Colored Pencils
Crayons
Safety Scissors
Calculators
Pocket Folders
Glue (sticks and liquid glue)
Pencil/Pen Bags or Boxes
Hand Sanitizer
Facial Tissues
Lunch Boxes
High School
Graphing Calculators (TI-83 is standard)
Flash Drives
Pocket Folders
Graphing Paper
Rulers
3-Ring Binders
Tabbed Dividers for 3-Ring Binders
Glusticks
College Ruled Notebooks
College Ruled Loose Leaf Paper
Pencils (#2) and Sharpeners
Pens, Blue and Black Ink
Computer Disks or Zip Drives
Backpacks
Highlighters
Organizers/Planners
Index Cards
Friends of the Children is a revolutionary mentoring program that is transforming the lives of Portland's most vulnerable children. Friends of the Children provides kids with a nurturing and sustained relationship with a professional mentor who teaches positive values and has attainable expectations for each child to become healthy, productive members of society.
So where exactly are these donations being distributed to ? Are they going to benefit all kids in Portland or like certain areas, like in the past ? It seems like no one seems to remember there are kids on the east side of the river that continually get left out of many of these "donation drives". Portland is on both sides of the river but people don't seem to grasp that fact.