Operation Backpack: How you can donate school supplies

INDIANAPOLIS - Students across central Indiana will be heading back to school soon. Many children don't have the basic supplies they need.




FOX59, with our partners at Volunteers of America, Needler's and Furniture Fair are launching Operation Backpack.




We're asking those of you who can, to buy a new backpack or school supplies and drop them off at one of the 14 locations listed and seen in the map below.








Every new backpack will help at-risk kids succeed in school. Consider giving any of the following items.

• Spiral Notebook





• Notebook Paper





• Binder





• Eraser





• Ruler





• Folders





• Scissors





• Crayons, 24-count





• Pencils





• Pencil Sharpener





• Markers, 8-count





• Highlighter





• Pens





• Deodorant





• Bar Soap





• Toothpaste





• Toothbrush





• Shampoo/Conditioner

If you'd like to donate online, click here. You can drop off donations until July 22 at any of the following locations.




Furniture Fair
8850 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis, IN




Needler's
Downtown Indy: 320 North New Jersey
Carmel: 4755 E 126th Street
Lockerbie: 320 N. New Jersey
New Palestine: 5802 W US 52
Pendleton: 3015 W US-36
Tipton: 899 E Jefferson St.
Elwood: 515 IN-37




Indianapolis Public Library
Irvington: 10 South Audubon Road
Eagle: 3905 Moller Road
Central: 40 E St Clair St.
Haughville: 2121 West Michigan Street
Nora: 8625 Guilford Avenue




FOX59
Indianapolis: 6910 Network Place



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