Collection for Marshfield Area United Way's Annual "Supplies 4 Success" Drive Underway
Monday, July 29th, 2019 -- 7:40 AM
-Marshfield Area United Way’s annual “Supplies 4 Success” Backpack and School Supply Drive will be collecting school supplies for area children starting now until August 11th.Last year, the backpack and school supply drive helped 524 children from Marshfield, Auburndale, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Pittsville, Spencer and Stratford School Districts. You can help children in our area begin the next school year ready to learn by donating backpacks and/or school supplies and dropping them off at any of the following locations including Associated Bank in Marshfield and Pittsville, BMO Harris Bank, Century 21 Realty, Citizens State Bank in Marshfield and Spencer, Festival Foods, First Choice Credit Union, Forward Bank in Marshfield and Greenwood, Partners Bank in Marshfield and Spencer and Stratford, MACCI, Marshfield Clinic, Menards, Simplicity Credit Union and Time Federal Savings Bank. Donations can also be dropped off at the United Way office on Central Avenue, Monday through Friday between 8:00am and 4:30pm.
More information about the backpack and school supply drive and a list of school supplies needed for donation is available for download at the Marshfield Area United Way website, marshfieldareaunitedway.org. If your business or organization will be holding a school supply drive within your company and would like the donated supplies picked up, please call United Way at 715-384-9992 to schedule a pick-up, if you have not done so already. The “Supplies 4 Success” Backpack and School Supply Drive is a coordinated effort between Marshfield Area United Way and the Marshfield Clinic’s Center for Community Advancement. If you could use the extra help this back to school season and are enrolled in free or reduced lunch, please call our office prior to Friday, August 9 to register for school supplies.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.