By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The process is already underway for First Call for Help's annual school supply drive. They annually help between 2,000 and 2,500 Reno County students with supplies each year.
"We send letters to all the schools in the county, all the public and private schools late spring to let them know it's coming up," said Dr. Marilyn Graham, Executive Director of First Call for Help. "They remind the parents and a lot of our schools, like Pretty Prairie and Fairfield and stuff, they go ahead and do like the preregistering work for us to assure that the students qualify. We started actually June 1 of this year and we will actually pre-register families up through August 5."
The actual pick up will be the week of August 9 to 13, by appointment.
"We're just not sure about COVID, you know, could we go back to the mall and have everyone there, we just don't know," Graham said. "This way, we can meet protocols if they would be put back in place and feel safe about it."
The group still needs both monetary and school supply donations.
"Any and all school supplies are appreciated," Graham said. "We are desperately short of the large backpacks, that like would work for middle school and high school age children, notebook paper, spiral notebooks, colored pencils, crayons and it goes on down."
If you'd like to donate, you can drop off donations at 17 West 2nd on Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon.
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