Help Local Students Start the School Year Prepared

Back-to-school season should feel exciting, not overwhelming. But for many families, the cost of backpacks, school supplies, hygiene items, and classroom essentials can add up quickly.

The Nest in partnership with Caroll Township Police Department is collecting donations to help local students begin the school year feeling prepared, included, and confident. A backpack, notebook, pencil case, or hygiene kit may seem simple, but for a child, it can mean walking into school ready to learn. For a parent, it can mean one less burden during an already stressful season.

Donations will help provide backpacks, school supplies, and hygiene items for local families in need.

Most needed items include backpacks, lunch boxes, water bottles, notebooks, folders, pencils, pens, crayons, colored pencils, markers, glue sticks, scissors, calculators, highlighters, dry erase markers, pencil cases, erasers, rulers, index cards, binders, loose leaf paper, and hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, body wash, deodorant, hairbrushes, feminine products, and wipes.

Every donation helps make back-to-school feel a little lighter for a local family.

Help us support students, encourage parents, and remind families that their community is behind them.

Every item helps. Every child matters. Every family deserves support.

Care, not conditions.

Back to School Drive