Backpacks for Kids

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– Updated July 2022 –

Every year we provide backpacks and school supplies for students at Roosevelt Elementary. This year, our goal is to fill 20 backpacks. If you are able to help, please use this shopping list. There is no obligation to provide an entire list’s worth of items—every donation is valued, and extras will help teachers stock their supply closets!

20 Backpacks (gender neutral preferred)

Supplies to be put inside:

  • Markers (thick and thin) (Crayola brand works best and lasts longer)
  • Glue sticks
  • Large pink erasers
  • Dry erase markers (not red or yellow)
  • Ear buds
  • Pencils #2 (Ticonderoga easy to grip)
  • Post-It Notes (3 x 3)
  • Black Sharpie markers
  • Black pens
  • Pocket folders, 2 pockets with the middle 3-hole punch
  • Colored pencils or crayons
  • Scissors
  • Pencil pouch (not box)
  • Spiral notebooks, wide ruled, 1 subject
  • Yellow highlighters
  • Rulers, with centimeters and inches
  • Wide-ruled lined paper packs
  • Hand sanitizer