From staff reports
DAYLO (The Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization), the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the Storybook Shoppe children’s bookstore are collaborating on a school supplies drive to benefit Robert Smalls Leadership Academy, a Title 1 school serving students in grade K-8, through July 27.
Donated supplies from the school’s wish list can be dropped off at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen Street, Beaufort) or the Storybook Shoppe (Tanger 2, A190, 1414 Fording Island Road, Bluffton).
Drop-off bins will also be available at the Conroy Center’s Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 26, at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center.
Requested items include: Crayons, markers, and colored pencils (Crayola brand preferred); No. 2 pencils (Ticonderoga brand preferred); student-sized scissors (Fiskars brand preferred); dry erase markers (Expo brand preferred); office supplies for teachers, including tape, staples, paper clips, and pens; sticky notes (Post-It brand preferred); plastic zippered bags (Ziploc brand preferred, quart and gallon size); composition notebooks; erasers; pencil pouches; loose leaf notebook paper (wide- and college-ruled); index cards; plain folders with pockets; binders (3-inch); dividers (five pack); highlighters; tissues; Clorox wipes; hand sanitizer; paper towels; academic planners; and gift cards.
