For many children heading back to school, this September means cool new backpacks, clothes and shoes.
Unfortunately, many parents of children in Twin Oaks Community Services programs simply cannot afford basic school supplies.
To help meet this need, Twin Oaks kicked off their Operation Fill-A-Backpack drive, which runs through Aug. 27. The agency hopes to collect 1000 new backpacks to ensure children gain the confidence needed to start the school year off on the right foot.
Operation Fill-A-Backpack donation ideas:
Backpacks, spiral bound and composition notebooks, lunchboxes, calculators (solar and scientific)
Pens, pencils, erasers, pencil cases, crayons, markers, highlighters, rulers and protractors, scissors, three-ring binders with paper Index cards, pocket folders, book covers, glue sticks, facial tissues, anti-bacterial hand sanitizer
For individuals, corporations or civic groups looking to run their own backpack drive, Twin Oaks will provide all materials needed to make the drive a success. It’s the perfect opportunity to involve family members, friends or co-workers.
Drop off donations at any of the following locations:
Twin Oaks, 770 Woodlane Road, Suite 23, Mt. Holly
Starbucks (5 locations)
10 Centerton Road, Mt. Laurel
41 East Main St., Moorestown
1340 Fairview Boulevard, Delran
512 Haddonfield Road, Cherry Hill
480 Evesham Road, Cherry Hill
Moorestown Mall, Customer Service Center, 400 West Route 38, Moorestown
The Garden State Discovery Museum, 2040 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill
To make a monetary donation, visit www.twinoakscs.org or mail to Twin Oaks, Attn: Development Office, 770 Woodlane Road, Mount Holly, N.J. 08060.
Please make checks payable to ‘Twin Oaks Community Services’. For more information, contact the Development Office at (609) 267–5928 or visit www.twinoakscs.org.
Twin Oaks Community Services, a merger of Family Service and Steininger Behavioral Care Services, provides behavioral health and social services to vulnerable adults, children and families throughout New Jersey.
For more information, please visit www.twinoakscs.org or call the Development Office at (609) 267- 5928.
