Partnering with the Samaritan Center to help with their charity drives has been an amazing experience for our Ooltewah dentist office. Our staff has gotten to know some of the staff at Samaritan Center, and we’ve been able to assist with their goals of helping the Ooltewah community with their needs. Their latest charity drive is the Stock Their Lockers campaign.
The required school supplies for a single student can cost a family more than $100, which is a lot of money for a family on a limited income. By providing some of these supplies, we can help support the children in your neighborhood by ensuring they have the needed tools to succeed. As a collection partner, you can drop off any of the supplies listed below at our office on Ooltewah-Georgetown Road. Our office hours are Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
LIST OF ITEMS NEEDED
- Graph paper
- Index cards (ruled and non-ruled) 3×5 and 4×6
- Indexed tab dividers (5 count or 8 count)
- Kindergarten paper writing pads
- Loose leaf/ filler paper (wide rule/college rule)
- Plastic pocket folders with prongs (primary colors: red, blue, green, orange, yellow, purple)
- Post-it notes individually wrapped
- Primary writing journals and tablets
- Bandaids
- Hand sanitizer (full size)
- Lysol or Clorox wipes
- Paper towels (wrapped in individual packs)
- Ziploc baggies, (snack, sandwich, gallon and quart size)
- Backpacks (all sizes kindergarten through high school)
- Lunch bags/boxes (characters are ok)
- Zippered pencil pouches (the kind you can put in a binder)
- Flash drives, at least 1 GB
- Graphing calculators (TI-84, TI-84 Silver)
- Pocket dictionary/thesaurus
- Plastic pencil boxes
- New underwear (women and girl sizes)
- New socks (no show: men, boys, girls, women sizes)
- New underwear (boxers: men and boys and characters for the small boys)
- Colored pencils
- Expo Dry erase markers
- 24 count crayons
- Cap Eraser, big pink pearl eraser
- Covered pencil sharpener
- Fat pencils with sharpener (for kindergarten)
- Jumbo crayons
- Mechanical pencils with lead
- No.2 pencils
- Sharpie markers
- Washable markers
- Yellow highlighters
- Scissors (safety and pointed)
- 3 and 5-subject notebooks (spiral composition books)
- 5 tab dividers
- Binders (3-ring, two pocket binders, half inch, 1”-1.5″, and 2 inch”, assorted colors or characters)
- Construction paper
We look forward to continuing our relationship with The Samaritan Center and the help they provide to so many in our community!