AFSC 2013

Material Assistance Program School Supply Drive

Contact: Cassie Hurd, Program Coordinator Phone: (617)876-5312 E-Mail: churd@AFSC.org 5 Longfellow Park Cambridge, MA Located in the basement of the Cambridge Friends Meeting off of Brattle St. between Hawthorn St. and Willard St. just outside of Harvard Square

As fall approaches students, including the children of many MAP recipients, begin to think about returning to school. School has the ability provide homeless children with a much-needed sense of stability in their otherwise chaotic lives. It also provides them with the close relationships they may not have at home and self-confidence through their successes. Upon completion it is the single most important step they can take to bring themselves out of poverty. However, if these children are not provided the simple tools necessary to be an active participant in their education it is a very likely possibility that school will become yet another worrisome burden to add to their list, including housing and hunger. In MA 75% of the 50,000 youth facing homeless drop out of school. In an effort to assist these children in gaining the education necessary to succeed academically MAP is holding our 6th Annual School Supply Drive. Last year we were able to provide 73 students with backpacks and school supplies. This year we aim to increase that number to 100. Please consider contributing to our 2013 School Supply Drive; donations may be dropped off at MAP during our hours of operation, Tuesday & Thursday 9am-3pm or on Sundays if you are member of Cambridge Friends Meeting through Tuesday August 27th. If necessary, other times may be arranged for drop off. Questions? Contact: Cassie Hurd, MAP Program Coordinator at churd@afsc.org or (617) 876-5312.

Most Needed Supplies (New Items Please):

Backpacks Pencil Cases/Pouches Pens (Black & Blue) Pencils (Wooden & Mechanical) Erasers Pencil Sharpeners Highlighters 3-Ring Binders Spiral Notebooks Loose-Leaf Paper Folders Index Cards Rulers Childrens Scissors Colored Pencils Crayons Markers Drawing Paper Construction Paper Glue Sticks School Glue

Weekly School Supply Drive Sales July 28th- Aug 3rd

Sale Lists are updated weekly and can be found on our Facebook page. Printed copies are available outside MAPs door near the bulletin board. If you would like weekly lists emailed you to you please contact Cassie.
Five Below: Five Below has the following items affordably priced for the entire back to school season: Backpacks $5 Binders $3 2-Pocket Decorative Portfolios $1 Mead 1,3,5-Subject Notebook $1,$2, $3 Filler Paper $1 Composition Books $1 Unison Click Pens (24 ct) $3 BIC Round Stick Pens (10 ct) 5/$5 BIC Velocity Click Pens (4 ct) $1 Zebra Z-Grip Fashion Pens (5 ct) $3 Dixon No.2 Pencils (8 ct) $1 Unison Mechanical Pencils (18 ct) $3 BIC Mechanical Pencils (10 ct) $3 Fashion Pencil Pouch 3/$5 Metropack Binder Pencil Pouch $1 Megabrands Highlighters (4 ct) $2 Crayola Crayons (24 ct) $1 Elmers Glue Sticks (2 ct) $1 Elmers School Glue $1 Office Depot: Vinyl Binder Storage Pouch $.01, limit 3 2-Pocket Poly Folders $.25, limit 10

Office Max: PaperMate Ballpoint Pens (10ct) $1, limit 3 Office Max Glue Sticks (4ct) $.25, limit 3 Schoolio 1 3-Ring Binder $.50, limit 5 BIC Mechanical Pencils (5ct) $.50, limit 3 Schoolio 1-Subject Notebook $.01 Just Basics #2 Pencils (72 ct) $2, limit 3 Staples: BIC Mechanical Pencils (5ct) $.25, limit 2 Pentel RSVP Ballpoint Pens (5ct) $3.29 Staples Filler Paper $.01, limit 5 w/$5 purchase Target: Target has the following items affordably priced for the entire back to school season: Up & Up Picket Folders $.15 Up & Up 3-Ring Binder $1 Up & Up Wood Pencils (24 ct) $1.44 Up & Up Pens (20ct) $1 Up & Up Highlighters (2ct) $1.33 Up & Up Pink Erasers (2) $.77 Up & Up Pencil Sharpener $.69 Up & Up Mechanical Pencils (26) $4.74 Up & Up Index Cards $.74 Up & Up Glue Sticks (2ct) $.77 Up & Up Crayons (24ct) $.64 Walgreens:

PaperMate Pens (10ct) $.29, limit 6 BIC Atlantis Pens (4ct) $.99 BIC Crystal Pens (10ct) $10 Wexford 1 Binder $.99, limit 3 Walmart: 2-Pocket Backpack $4.88 2-Pocket Folders $.15 1-Subject Notebooks $.17 Poly 1-Subject Notebook $.67 Avery 1 Binder $1.97 1 Binder $.92 BIC Crystal Pens $.97 Paper Mate Pens (4 ct) $.25 G2 Pens (4 ct) $.97 No. 2 Pencils (8 ct) $.47 Pencil Sharpener $.25 Paper Mate Eraser (1) $.25 Pink Erasers (2 ct) $.50 Crayola Markers (10 ct) $.97 Cra-Z-Art Markers (10 ct) $.50 Crayola Crayons (24 ct) $.50 Cra-Z-Art Crayons (24 ct) $.25 Elmers Glue Sticks (2) $.50 Elmers Glue $.50 Cra-Z-Art School Glue $.34 Index Cards (100 ct) $.48 Fiskars Kids Scissors $1.47 Wooden Ruler $.34