5th Annual "Stuff the Bus Drive" is a Success!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Sandra Woodrow

E-Mail:  KiwanisofPullman@gmail.com

5^th Annual “Stuff the Bus Drive”
is a Success!

Pullman, WA – The 5^th annual Stuff the School drive reached its goal of collecting school supplies for more than 500 students, organizers say. This year, the drive was a multi-community effort to support children with the tools for learning.

The Kiwanis Club of Pullman and Kiwanis Club of Moscow in collaboration with Pullman Child Welfare and the Pullman, Colton and Colfax School Districts in Washington and the Moscow School District in Idaho spearheaded the drive for K-12 school supplies. Youth eligible for free or reduced school lunches are eligible to receive school supplies from the drive.

“Many thanks to the Stuff the Bus sponsors, donors, media and volunteers who worked together across Palouse region communities to make this a successful drive,” said Sandra Woodrow, long-time Stuff the Bus coordinator.

Pullman and Colton School District:

The goal of over 300 backpacks for elementary and middle school students and 25 kits for high school students and other bulk school supplies valued at $25,000 for both school districts was met. 

In-kind donations of radio advertising to build visibility for this initiative contributed significantly to the success of the fifth annual drive, Woodrow said. 

Other significant factors were Dissmores/IGA in Pullman providing 100 pre-bagged school supplies packages for customers to buy and donate, and Neill Public Library joining this year as a school supplies drop-off location partner, Woodrow said.

 

Colton held a community BBQ on Saturday Aug. 10,^, at the bus this year sponsored by Omega Electric and raised $45 from the BBQ proceeds. 

Moscow School District:

In its second year after joining Stuff the Bus, Kiwanis Club of Moscow raised more than $2,500 in cash and in-kind contributions of school supplies from the Moscow community with over 100 pre-packaged Staples bags of school supplies.  All school supplies will be donated to the Moscow School District #281.

Colfax School District: In its first year to join Stuff the Bus, the Colfax committee supplied more than 200 students with bulk supplies from cash and in-kind donations that will be donated to the Colfax School district. Thanks to the support of the Kiwanis Club of Pullman and the Colfax businesses and the effort of the volunteers at the bus site at Rosauers Grocery Store and Whitman County Hospital drop-off location, the first year Stuff the Bus school supply drive in Colfax was a success.

Stuff the Bus Platinum Partners who donated $1,000 or more to the drive include Pacific Northwest Farmers Co-op

Pullman Heating & Electric

Rain Shadow Research

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Washington State Employees Credit Union.

Visit the Pullman Kiwanis website at www.PullmanKiwanis.org to view all of the community partners and media sponsors who made a difference for the children in our communities through the 2013 Stuff the Bus drive.