School Supplies Drive

The Friends of the 46th Ward Schools asks for your help in supporting our neighborhood schools.

1. If you have a Target card, you can designate Stockton or Stewart (or any public school) to receive 1% of your purchases. Here’s the link: https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home.
2. Use your personal Facebook account, you can vote once per week for the school of your choice. Schools will receive one $25 Target gift card for every 25 votes, with a maximum payout of $10,000 per school. Search “Give with Target” on your Facebook account, search for a local school, install the app, and vote for the school. You will have to “like” Target on Facebook.
3. Donate to Stockton’s DonorsChoose.org project to supply art materials for its pre-K – 2^nd grade students. With the longer school day, kids need art education materials. Here’s the link: http://www.donorschoose.org/project/artfully-fill-the-void-show-me-the-art/765073/?verify=635984533.
4. Donate school supplies to the 46^th Ward School Supply Drive. All school supplies will be distributed by the Friends of the 46^th Ward Schools to students in need at 46^th ward schools; Greeley Elementary, Brennemann Elementary, Stockton Elementary, Stewart Elementary, Disney Elementary, and Uplift High School. School supplies can be dropped off at Alderman Cappleman’s office during regular business hours. If you have a large donation and need a pickup or would like to volunteer to help sort and distribute school supplies please contact us at Friends46thWardSchools@gmail.com.  Or if you can’t drop off during business hours, contact Susan Ridihalgh at susanridi@yahoo.com to drop supplies off at her place on Magnolia.

Suggestions for Donations

• Backpacks
• Pencils: primary, #2, or mechanical & pencil pouches
• 8-pack or 24-pack crayons
• 8-pack washable markers
• Large pink erasers
• Glue sticks
• 8-oz bottle of glue
• Box of tissues
• Sandwich, quart or gallon sized plastic baggies
• Packet of baby wipes
• Children’s scissors
• Rulers with inches and centimeters
• Pencil sharpeners
• Plastic homework folder
• Notebooks
• Two-pocket folders
• Texas Instrument TI30X calculators
• Rubber cement
• Blue or black pens
• 1-inch binder with pockets
• Lined 3-hole notebook paper
• 3-hole graph paper
• Highlighters
• Colored pencils
• Index note cards
• Paper towels
• Scotch tape
• Construction Paper
• Copy Paper
• Binders (1-inch, 3-inch)
• Student Dictionary (Elementary and Collegiate levels)
• Student Thesaurus
• Metal compass
• Protractor
• Flash drives

Don’t have time to shop for supplies but still want to contribute?  You can purchase a gift card at Staples or Target and mail or drop it off: 46^th Ward School Supply Drive, c/o Alderman Cappleman, 4544 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640. We are unable to accept cash donations at this time as we are still in the process of filing for 501(c)(3) status.) If anyone is interested in learning more about our group or joining us, please visit our website at 46thWardSchools.weebly.com or email us at Friends46thWardSchools@gmail.com.

Thanks for any support you can provide!