Help Us Gear Up for a Great School Year!

Summer may be in full swing, but at West End Center, we're already getting ready to welcome our students back with everything they need to succeed. Our annual School Supply Drive is underway, and we need your help to stock up on the essentials that set our kids up for a strong, confident start.

We’re collecting two types of items this year: "Let’s Stay Healthy" helpful items and classic school supplies. Every donation helps us ensure no child starts the year without the tools they need and that they can do it all in a clean, safe environment.

Let’s Stay Healthy Items

• Hand sanitizer pump bottles (8oz size)
• Disinfecting wipes (Clorox or similar)
• Baby wipes (refill packs are welcome)
• Band-aids
• Tissues
• Zip bags (Gallon, Quart, Sandwich)
• Pencil pouches (especially with binder holes)
• Inexpensive headphones or earbuds

School Supply Essentials

• Dry erase markers (thin and wide, black and color multi-packs)
• #2 pencils (Dixon or Ticonderoga preferred)
• Elmer’s glue sticks
• Children’s Fiskars scissors
• Marbled composition notebooks (wide and college ruled)
• Plastic pocket folders with and without brads (no paper folders, please)
• Highlighters (thin and wide)
• 1”, 2”, and 3” binders
• Notebook paper (regular and college ruled)
• Crayola colored pencils
• Thin and wide Crayola markers
• Subject dividers with and without pockets
• Plastic subject dividers
• Handheld pencil sharpeners with bins to catch shavings
• ¼” graph paper
• Index cards

❗ Please Note

We have a good supply of the following items from previous years, so this year we kindly ask for:

• No paper pocket folders
• No spiral notebooks
• No crayons
• No pencil boxes

💛 Want to Make It Extra Easy?

You can support our supply drive from the comfort of home by shopping our Amazon Wishlist or making a gift online through our donation page. Every item and every dollar helps ensure our students walk into the classroom ready to learn, grow, and thrive.

Donations can be dropped off at the West End Center Monday through Friday between 10 AM and 3 PM, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1, 2025.

Thank you for helping us give our students the strong, confident start they deserve. We couldn’t do it without you!

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