Just ahead of the Aug. 10 start date for this school year, a couple of Jacksonville Today readers have asked us how they can donate supplies to their local schools.<\/p>\n
Every year, students are asked to bring their own supplies, and teachers sometimes spend their own money to cover students who can\u2019t afford them. Teachers also often buy their own classroom supplies, including everything from cheerful decorations to utilitarian necessities like ceiling light covers. <\/p>\n
Some Jacksonville Today readers want to help. They ask:<\/p>\n
\u201cI read your article on receiving donated school supplies<\/a>. I would like to donate some. How can I do this?\u201d<\/p>\n Multiple readers<\/p>\n \u200bA: Contact your local school to ask them how to donate.<\/p>\n \u200bIn an email, Duval Schools spokesperson Lauren Ricks says schools across the district are working with community partners to host supply giveaways. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a central database of these events, but I highly recommend families reach out to their schools directly for guidance,\u201d Ricks says.<\/p>\n \u200bMarilyn M. Barnwell, the principal of Alfred I. Dupont Middle School, says anyone interested in donating can do so by stopping by. \u201cWhen people want to donate,\u201d she says, \u201cthey\u2019ll just bring it to the main office.\u201d<\/p>\n Elizabeth Stewart, the principal at Arlington Elementary School, has an Amazon wishlist<\/a> of school and classroom supplies. \u201cWe are a Title I school,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat we ask for from our parents doesn\u2019t always come in\u2026We do what we can with what we have, and we do the best for our students. Any additional help is appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n Some schools are also benefiting from local businesses\u2019 and nonprofits\u2019 supply drives. Schools like Central Riverside Elementary, Kernan Trail Elementary, Ridgeview Elementary and more will receive supplies from Radifi Credit Union, which is accepting donations<\/a> at their various branches for schools until Friday, Aug. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just ahead of the Aug. 10 start date for this school year, a couple of Jacksonville Today readers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-363054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}