MBK Stuff The Bus United Way of Pioneer Valley
Each year, United Way of Pioneer Valley works with local partners to collect donations of school supplies to provide backpacks to students who are homeless in our region.
In 2019, our goal is to provide 2,200 students with backpacks they need to go back to school! On a single day, we deliver backpacks to the 6 largest school districts in our region: Springfield, West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley, and Westfield.
This year, we are helping every town in our service area for the first time with Stuff the Bus. 24 of the 25 towns we serve have indicated they have students who are homeless. Those towns in addition to the 6 listed above will have backpacks delivered at the end of August.
Team Leaders Matt Nash, Eric Pinsoneault and Chelsea Cox led the charge by initiating a 2-week sprint to collect school supplies. The team at MBK donated over 25 bags stuffed with school supplies including folders, notebooks, crayons, glue sticks, pencils, pens, erasers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, pencil boxes and cases, 3 ring binders, loose leaf paper, composition books, highlighters, index cards and post-it-notes. Team MBK is grateful to give back to the community and wishes all of the students a wonderful school year.
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