Stuff A Bus with school supplies
Change A Childs Life - Give The Tools To Learn
Every year, children in King County go back to school without the basic supplies that most kids take for granted - things like pencils, paper and backpacks. This year, employees from King County Metro Transit and Sound Transit are asking their passengers to help them stuff a bus full of supplies to be donated to local at-risk children.
Transit employees will be accepting donations of new school supplies at seven different King County park-and-ride lots during the first three weeks of August. The program is also being carried out by Community Transit and Sound Transit in Snohomish County.
The transit agencies are teaming up with the State Department of Social and Health Services. Once the supplies are gathered in King County, they will be turned over to the King West Office of the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS), part of DSHS. The office serves children at risk, most of who have been abused, neglected or exploited.
Any new school supplies will be welcome, but there are some items particularly needed by the children served by DCFS.
Most needed are backpacks, binders with dividers, ruled pads and spiral notebooks, pocket folders, markers, crayons, pens and pencils. Other items that would be useful are lunch boxes or bags, protractors, compasses, rulers and calculators.
King County bus passengers and community members can bring new items to the following lots on these dates between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.:
- August 5 & 6 - Shoreline P&R
- August 7 & 8 - Northgate Transit Center
- August 12 & 13 - Eastgate Interim P&R
- August 14 & 15 - South Bellevue P&R
- August 19 & 20 - Burien P&R
- August 21 & 22 - Kent P&R
  Read about the results.
September is back to school month, that means school buses stuffed with school supplies donated by Metro riders.
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