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Back-to-school drive seeks to collect supplies for foster kids as school year quickly approaches

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(FOX40.COM) — With the first day of school quickly approaching for many throughout the Sacramento area, the Bradshaw Animal Shelter will host a back-to-school drive to benefit foster kids in Sacramento County, allowing them to get the necessary materials for academic success.

A drop-off will be set up at 3839 Bradshaw Road until August 7. Those who donate school supplies at the drop-off will receive one free adoption voucher per family to redeem at the Bradshaw Animal Shelter at a future date.

Among the supplies requested by the shelter are backpacks, composition notebooks, binders, planners, scissors, crayons, rulers, and headphones for Chromebooks.

“Our goal is to collect 100 backpacks K-12,” the shelter said.

Here is a full list of requested supplies.

  • Kindergarten-12 grade backpacks
  • Wide-ruled composition book
  • 3-ring binders
  • Planner or agenda
  • 6 tab dividers
  • Pocket folders
  • Notebooks
  • Loose leaf notebook paper
  • Pencil pouch
  • Sharpener
  • Highlighters
  • Pencils/mechanical pencils
  • Pens
  • Water bottles
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Kleenex
  • Glue sticks
  • Large erasers
  • Scissors
  • Crayons
  • Colored pencils
  • Wide-ruled binder paper
  • Ruler
  • Headphones for Chromebooks

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Aydian Ahmad

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