Coastal Optimist Club School Supply Drive Brought Wakulla County Community and Businesses Together 

The Coastal Optimist Club of Wakulla County recently held their annual School Supply Drive Celebration in the Wakulla Bank Community Room at their Crawfordville location.  Participants had a great time eating pizza and distributing the many school supplies the community donated for children in the Wakulla County school system.

The Coastal Optimist Club would like to thank the Wakulla News for covering the event and taking pictures.  Thanks also to Wakulla.com for taking pictures at the celebration.  And special thanks to ABC News Channel 27 for coming down to cover the event.  The Optimist Club appreciates all the media coverage they received.

Here are the totals for this year (excluding any cash donations):

192 Packs of Crayons
131 Notebooks
126 Folders
83 Bottles of White Glue
37 Packs of Colored Pencils
23 Backpacks
68 Packs of Markers
67 Packs of Notebook Paper
34 Pairs of Scissors
41 Packs of pencils
84 Packs of index cards
33 Packs of pens
25 Glue Sticks
26 Rulers
4 Calculators
9 Protractor Sets
6 Coloring Books
6 Pencil Sharpeners
13 Three ring binders
6 Boxes of Tissue for Classrooms
4 Dictionaries
8 Pencil Boxes
12 Pencil Bags

Miscellaneous items also donated:

Highlighters, small 3 ring binders, book covers, memo pads, day planner, primary paper, and many eraser packs.

The Coastal Optimist Club thanks everyone for their help and support on this drive that keeps donated supplies right here in Wakulla County.

Thanks also to the following businesses who served as drop locations:

CVS CRAWFORDVILLE
WAKULLA BANK
WINN DIXIE CRAWFORDVILLE
GULF STATE COMMUNITY BANK
MCKINNEY PROPERTIES
AMERIS BANK
OCHLOCHONEE BAY REALTY
WAKULLA NEWS
COMCAST CABLE
WAKULLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Click here for a Photo Gallery of the event by Alicia Wellman.  

- Submitted by Coastal Optimist Member Alicia Wellman; photo by Alicia Wellman

This article originally published on September 18, 2007.

Written by :

mkwestmark

 

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