August is National Back to School Month and local nonprofit Arizona’s Children Association (AzCA) is seeking donations to help Arizona’s kids get the supplies that they need for the 2021-2022 school year. AzCA is one of the state’s oldest and largest child welfare and behavioral health nonprofit agencies and serves over 40,000 children and families in all 15 counties annually.
Community members can make monetary donations or provide the following items:
- Paper (both filler and graphing)
- Composition & sketch books
- Pens & pencils
- Erasers
- Markers, crayons & colored pencils
- Index Cards
- Hand sanitizer
- Face masks
- Tissues
- Scissors
- Rulers
- Glue
- Laptops
- Backpacks
- Pencil Cases
To purchase supplies, people can visit AzCA’s Amazon Wish list for back-to-school items:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/82K8O6DHTR9H/ref=cm_go_nav_hz
To donate, they can visit https://www.arizonaschildren.org/