Heritage Fund : The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County

           Heritage Fund Partners with School Supply Drive

Heritage Fund -  The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County presented the Coordinated Community School Supply Drive with a check for $8,000 today! This is the result of a challenge grant issued by Heritage Fund to the community and has resulted in over $16,000 being raised to provide free school supplies to children in Bartholomew County.

Lyn Morgan, Program Officer from the Heritage Fund, said, “On behalf of the Heritage Fund, I would like to congratulate members of School Supply Assistance Committee for their hard work and dedication to ensure that Bartholomew County students have the supplies they need to return to school in August. The Community Foundation is delighted to award a matching grant of $8,000 to support the 2010 Back-to-School Supply Drive.  The School Supply Assistance project is wonderful collaboration among the 13 partner agencies.  The agencies have developed a management system that focuses on the needs of area students.”

Monetary and material donations are still needed. Due to the increased cost of supplies and (to date) higher registrations than in the past, organizers estimate they need to raise a total of  $35,000, which is more than originally anticipated. (The $11,000 worth of supplies lost in the United Way fire were purchased at clearance prices, which are not available currently.)

Financial donations can be made payable and mailed to: San Souci, 1526 13th Street, Columbus, IN  47201. Please indicate “School Supplies” on the memo line. Material donations can be dropped off at Fair Oaks Mall, inside the former Deb location, Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. or to San Souci, 1526 13th Street. High-priority supplies include: low-cost calculators (with square root button), pencils, pens, pocket folders (no prongs), 1” 3-ring binders, Elmer’s glue sticks, plastic 12” rulers and one subject wide-rule notebooks.

 Registration

            Bartholomew County families in financial need may register children enrolled in any school throughout Bartholomew County, including Flatrock-Hawcreek School Corporation, for FREE school supplies. Parents or guardians can call the following agencies to sign up:

First Call for Help School Supply Line—375-2216

Community Center or Hope—546-4499

Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center—379-1630

Su Casa (Español)—375-9370

Eastside Community Center—376-7840

Council for Youth Development—314-3860

Horizon House/Human Services—376-9710

Columbus Housing Authority—378-0005

Preference will be given to those registering before July 23.