Back to School Supply Drive

The Sewanee Civic Association is inviting individuals, local groups and businesses to help collect donations of elementary school supplies.
Items elementary students need for the school year include 24 count Crayola Crayons, 10 count of washable Crayola Classic Color markers, Elmer’s school glue, Elmer’s glue sticks, tissues, Fiskars pointed scissors, Ticonderoga No. 2 pencils, 12 inch stiff ruler with centimeters, three ring pencil pouch, a package of colored pencils, headphones (for use with Chromebooks), yellow highlighters, wide-ruled loose leaf paper, college-ruled loose leaf paper, composition journals, disinfecting wipes, and EXPO dry erase markers.
This is where you can help. Collect the school supplies and then deliver from 1–3 p.m., Wednesday, July 27, to the CAC at 216 University Ave., Sewanee. Individuals may also take their donations July 11–26 to donation bins located at Regions Bank in Sewanee, the Sewanee Mountain Messenger office and the University Bookstore. The University Bookstore will also offer a 15 percent discount on one item for anyone/family that makes a donation.
For those who wish to make monetary donations, money is accepted through July 26 at the Blue Chair Bakery, the Lemon Fair, Shenanigans and Taylor’s Mercantile. Please make checks payable to the CAC.
The CAC will oversee the distribution of the donations to those in need during its last South Cumberland Summer Meal Program, noon–1 p.m., Thursday, July 28.
The CAC is an outreach ministry of the Parish of St. Mark and St. Paul, with generous support from the Sewanee Community Chest, other organizations and individuals across the Mountain. For more than 48 years, the CAC has provided food, financial assistance, and educational support for persons in the greater Sewanee community.
This event is part of the Sewanee Civic Association Treasures for the Chest initiative, a campaign to help promote community-wide service of giving time, support and donations. Volunteers are needed. To volunteer contact us.