There are local families who simply cannot afford school supplies at the moment and need the support of the community.

In Franklin County, the public school district turned to the United Way of Roanoke Valley for additional help for its students. You can now find boxes of “Pack the Bus” flyers with a list of supplies at various stores in Franklin County.

This is what the flyer looks like:

United Way of Roanoke Valley collects supplies for Franklin County’s public schools. (Copyright 2021 by WSLS 10 – All rights reserved.)

The drop-off points include:

• Carter Bank & Trust

• Franklin Finance Company, Inc. of Rocky Mount

• NewBold Corporation

• YMCA Vinegar Center in Rocky Mount

• Franklin Glass in Rocky Mount

• Haywood’s Jewelers Inc. in Rocky Mount

• The Franklin Center for Advanced Learning & Enterprise in Rocky Mount

• Verizon in Kroger

• Kroger in Rocky Mount

• Dollar General on Pell Avenue in Rocky Mount

• Mango’s Bar & Grill in Coin

• Movement mortgage in Moneta

• Capps Home Building Center in Moneta

• Glade Hill Minute Market in Glade Hill

There will be a grand celebration where you can drop off items at Franklin County High School on Friday, August 6th, from 10 am to 2 pm.

Alisha Childress, vice president of resource development at United Way of Roanoke Valley, hopes people will take the time to think about others this tax-free weekend.

“With COVID many injustices and challenges became really apparent and we want to make sure that no child or family forego their needs in public school,” said Childress.

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If you want to help the Roanoke, Roanoke Counties Salem, and Craig Counties school districts, you can drop off supplies at Walmart locations across the Roanoke Valley.

The Rescue Mission is also accepting donations for its “Back 2 School Blast” until Friday, August 6th.

In addition, there are several organizations that are committed to providing school supplies to those in need.

Serving Lynchburg and Amherst, Bedford and Campbell Counties, Johnson Health Center has distributed more than 3,000 backpacks of relief supplies since 2015.

Lynchburg runs a drive-through school for school care

In 2020, the health center issued more than 530 bags. This year, the goal on Saturday, August 7th, is to change the lives of an additional 600 children as part of the National Health Center Week initiative.

The drive-through fair “Back to School Care Fair” will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Lynchburg Women’s and Pediatric Health Services at 2402 Atherholt Road in the car during the event.

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Taylor Cook, Associate Director of Patient Engagement and Outreach, plans the event annually. She said the kids love it and the parents are always excited and grateful.

“Last year a family actually sent us a video after the event. It’s one of my favorite answers we’ve had, but the kid was in the back seat, they were in a car seat. They were a bit younger and were so excited to get the backpack and open it and pull out the supplies and see what was in the bag. They have to choose their own color, ”said Cook.

On Saturday, One Community One Voice will also be giving away a giveaway for school supplies during their back-to-school event at Riverfront Park from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Lynchburg.

In addition, Lexington Police will be giving away a backpack raffle during their back-to-school event on Saturday, August 14 at Richardson Park from 11 am to 2 pm

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