by Terri Rogers,
Dear Loveland Magazine Readers,
The Loveland Initiative is proud once again to host the 17th Annual Back Pack Program for the 2015/2016 school year. Over the years we have provided backpacks filled with school supplies to qualifying families who meet income and residency guidelines; who are struggling with their financial situation to make ends meet due to job layoffs and fewer benefits received in the home.
Our goal is to make sure that every child starts off the school year with fresh new backpacks and school supplies. We feel that children are more optimistic and encouraged to start the school year focusing on learning and not on hand-me-down bags. It is about generating excitement and joy at the prospect of returning to school. We fill backpacks with school supplies based on a list distributed by Loveland School District.
Approximately 200+ children from under-served families in the Loveland area receive backpacks and school supplies via our Back Pack Program. Each family will sign up, pre-register and financially qualify. The 17th Annual Back Pack Program will be held at The Loveland Initiative Center 405 Loveland Madeira Road located in the Loveland Square strip mall next to Irresistible Additions. The date for the event is Saturday, August 14th from 4:00-6:00 pm. Children will personally pick out their own backpack and leave with smiles on their faces.
We will be accepting donations of NEW Backpacks and School Supplies for Loveland City School District students in grades Pre-K through 12 (see supply list below). Please drop off donations starting July 1, through August 8, on these days and times listed; Monday’s 6:00pm-8:00pm, Wednesday’s 2:00pm-5:00pm and Friday’s 2:00pm-5:00pm at The Loveland Initiative Center 405 Loveland Madeira Road. In addition to items, we always need volunteers for pick-up, sorting, packing and distributing. You have been invited by Terri Rogers to volunteer for “The 17th Annual Back Pack Program.” Please click on the link below to view the online sign-up sheet.
Click HERE to sign up.
The Back Pack Program is a great asset to our community. We are confident that our community will once again pull together to help the children and the families in Loveland. Please feel free to call Executive Director Terri Rogers 513-739-2354 or [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Thank you in advance for your help!
Terri Rogers is Executive Director of the Loveland Initiative
Download a printable shopping list to keep with you while you are out about town.
Book Bag Shopping List
School Supply Shopping List
Do you remember the excited feeling you had going Back to
School each year with a new backpack filled with school supplies?
The Loveland Initiative, 17th Annual Back Pack Program to give 200 hundred Loveland School children the chance to start the year off NEW Backpacks and Supplies. If you can donate one of these filled backpacks, the children would appreciate it more than you can imagine. If you are not able to complete an entire bag by yourself, please consider sharing this project with a friend. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated!!!
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY
Grades 1-4
- 24 count Crayola crayons
- Pencil box
- Highlighters
- One box 8 count Crayola Classical broad line markers
- 12 #2 pencils- plain yellow only
- Glue sticks
- 4oz. bottle of Elmer’s white glue
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Scissors (children’s)
- Red 2 pocket folder with fasteners
- Blue 2 pocket folder with fasteners
- Green 2 pocket folder with fasteners Yellow 2 pocket folder with –fasteners
- Green pen
- 70 sheet spiral notebook (solid color only/wide rule)
- Colored pencils
- 1-inch three-ring binder
- boxes of tissues
- One pink eraser
- Pencil Cap Erasers
- Container of Clorox Wipes
- Dry erase markers
- Wide‐ruled loose leaf notebook paper
- Composition books
- Black Sharpie
- One box of Ziploc Baggies: (Girls: Gallon-sized) (Boys: Quart-sized)
LOVELAND INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE
Grades 5-8
- Wide ruled loose leaf paper
- 70 count spiral wide notebooks
- 3 ring 1”and 2” inch binders
- Graph paper
- Composition books
- Index cards
- Flash drive
- #2 pencils
- Erasers
- Pencil bags
- Pencil sharpeners
- Pens ( blue, and black)
- Highlighters
- Post-it Notes
- 5 pack tab dividers
- Ruler (metric & inches)
- Book covers (stretch)
- Calculators
- 3 prong pocket folders (red, yellow, purple, blue and green)
- Scissors
- Glue sticks
- Box of tissues
- Colored pencils
- Markers (8 count, thick markers)
- Book covers
- Ruler with centimeters
- Tab dividers
- Protractors
LOVELAND EARLY CHILDHOOD
KINDERGARTEN
- 1 pair of Friskers child size pointed scissors (Girls Only)
- 2 Expo Dry Erase Markers
- 1 bottle (4 oz) Elmer’s school glue (Boys Only)
- 1 box 24 count Crayola crayons
- 6 large glue sticks
- 1 pack washable Crayola Classic Markers
- 1 pack Ticonderoga pencils (sharpened if possible)
- 1 box tissues-(plain, unscented, and no lotions please (Girls only)
- 1 package of baby wipes (Boys Only)
- 1 clear poly envelope (string closure)
Please make sure the bag is age appropriate. For example, if preparing backpack for a younger child, buy wide ruled paper, blunt tip scissors, etc. Please label bag as “younger or older”. We also serve Loveland High School students grades 9-12. Please drop off donations starting July 1, through August 8, on these days and times listed; Monday’s 6:00pm-8:00pm, Wednesday’s 2:00pm-5:00pm and Friday’s 2:00pm-5:00pm at The Loveland Initiative Center 405 Loveland Madeira Road. In addition to items, we always need volunteers for pick-up, sorting, packing and distributing.
Please feel free to call Executive Director Terri Rogers 513-739-2354 [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Thank you in advance for your support!
