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Friends of Youth Supply Drive Helps Teens Go Back to School

Friends of Youth announces its annual Back-To-School Supply Drive to benefit boys attending school at the agency’s Griffin Home campus in Renton.   Local residents and businesses can make a big difference in the lives of the adolescent boys in Griffin Home’s two on-campus schools by donating supplies they need to help them succeed in school.

The Back-To-School Supply Drive will collect items from 
the list below from August 1-15.  Friends of Youth volunteers will then assemble the donated items into supply kits that will be delivered to students in time for their first classes.

Donated items can be dropped off at any of the below 
locations.  Look for the green drop boxes.

  • Friends of Youth, 13116 NE 132nd Street, Kirkland, WA 98034, 8:30 am – 5 pm Monday - Friday
  • Luther’s Table, 419 S. 2nd Street, Suite 1, Renton, WA 98056, 9 am – 10 pm Tuesday - Saturday
  • Renton Highlands Library, 2902 NE 12th Street, Renton , WA 98056, 10 am – 9 pm Monday – Thursday, 10 am – 6 pm Friday, 10 am – 5 pm Saturday
Items needed include:
  • #2 pencils
  • Paint for art projects
  • Watercolors
  • Memory sticks/flash drives
  • Single subject spiral notebooks
  • Construction paper
  • Folders
  • Tissues
  • Hand Sanitizer
  • Tape
  • Black permanent marker
  • Rulers
  • Pink Erasers
  • Highlighters
  • Art paper
  • Anti-bacterial wet wipes
  • Head phones (for computer use)
  • Colored pencils
  • Colored markers
  • Scissors
  • Glue sticks (white)
  • Calculators
  • Dry erase markers
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