Donating School Supplies

With all the budget cuts and bad economy, more and more children are needing to be furnished their own school supplies. If you happen to have a surplus, or are just in the giving mood, here are the best ways to make sure your donation makes it into the proper little hands.

The first place to check into is you local public school. They will let you know if they are in need of specific school supplies, or if they are willing to accept any donation. You can find the number for these school in your local phone book as well as online, or you may opt to just personally visit the school.

The next option you have is to check online. Sites such as adopt-a-classroom.com and iloveschools.com have teachers that post "wish lists". These are items that teachers are wanting to have donated to their classroom. Here you can choose to donate supplies or money. You may contact the teacher to arrange either picking up or mailing the supplies. Both of these sites guarantee that all of the donations go directly to the school of your choice.

Lastly, because this option takes the most effort, you could do supply drive. Where you organize an event in your community to gather all the supplies your specific school needs. Most schools need more supplies than one individual can singly provide. By joining efforts with others who want to help, you could help to supply an entire schools needs. Often you can get a local business to match what you make. It's a great way to help out local schools with community involvement.