When a survivor of domestic violence comes to the shelter, it’s because her life is in danger. Often because of circumstances that are beyond her control, she and her children walk through our doors with very few personal belongings. During their stay here, we provide all the essentials she and her children need until she can provide these items for herself and her family. Those essentials include backpacks and school supplies. This month we have a donation drive underway to collect enough of them to meet the needs of children at the shelter and those served by our transitional housing, counseling and legal programs.
Imagine being in a domestic violence shelter, not knowing when things are going to get back to normal and you need to go back to school. Help children and teens impacted by domestic violence return to school prepared and equipped to learn by donating to our Back-to-School Supply Drive.
Your donation will help provide school supplies, suitable clothing, gas cards to assist with transportation and most of all the reassurance that even today, a fresh start can lead to success for the children of domestic violence survivors.
There are three ways you can help:
1. Shop our Amazon Wish List
2. Donate Online
3. Host your own back to school drive with your friends and family.
ITEMS NEEDED:
- Pencil bag
- Crayons
- Colored pencils
- Washable markers
- Markers
- Highlighters
- No. 2 pencils
- Pencil grips
- Pencil sharpener
- Glue sticks
- Erasers
- Blunt-tipped scissors
- Plastic folders
- Tissues
- Backpack
- Assorted construction paper
- Lunch box or bag
- Personal organizer/ planner
- Three-ring binder
- Three-hole-punch
- Wide-ruled, one-subject notebooks, graph paper, multi subject notebooks
- Plastic folders
- Scissors
- Standard calculator
- Blue or black pens
- Book covers
- Ruler
- Subject dividers
- Post It Notes
- Index Cards
- Gift Cards (Gas, Walmart, Kroger, HEB)
Donations can be dropped (or mailed) to:
Montgomery County Women’s Center: 1401 Airport Rd, Conroe, TX 77301 (Attn: Siomara)
