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First Day Project 2015: How you can help local students get ready for school

WQAD is proud to partner with local Quad City area schools, volunteer groups and local post offices to coordinate a combined supply drive effort through the Fir...

In an effort to get school supplies to local kids in need, WQAD has partnered with Quad City area schools, volunteer groups and local post offices to host a supply drive through the “First Day Project: Quad City-wide Student Supply Drive.”

WQAD News 8 is an all-day drop off location for donations on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. The station is located at 3003 Park 16th Street in Moline. Items can be dropped off anytime between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Items can also be dropped off at Moline and Davenport Carpetland locations until August 9th.

You can also help by placing the items above in your mailbox for postal carriers on Saturday August 8 in the following Iowa cities: Bettendorf, Blue Grass, Buffalo, Davenport, LeClaire, Moscow, Pleasant Valley, Walcott, and Wilton.

Items needed include

loose-leaf paper

spiral notebooks

colored and regular pencils

pencil boxes

pocket folders

pens

crayons

glue sticks

composition notebooks

tissues

backpacks

scissors

erasers

washable markers

watercolor paints

dry erase markers

hand sanitizer

Monetary donations can be made online, click here.

Since 2006 Quad City area schools, volunteer groups and local post offices coordinate a combined supply drive effort through the First Day Project: Quad City-Wide Student Supply Drive.The First Day Project unites Quad City area school supplies drives to meet the needs of students who require help in obtaining school supplies.

Approximately 24,000 students in Quad City schools are from families with incomes low enough to be eligible for Free & Reduced fee waivers for school meals and fees. Some of Quad City area school districts have an average as high as 70% of students qualifying for Free & Reduced. The First Day Project will supply thousands of Quad City students with the items they need to start their school year with confidence.

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