Virginia Stuff the Bus starts July 15

VIRGINIA—The Freeze 32 Degrees and the Rock Ridge Parkview/North Star PTSA are teaming up again this year to help collect new school supplies for Parkview and North Star elementary students.

The Stuff the Bus campaign will start Monday at The Freeze 32 Degrees in Virginia and run through Wednesday, July 17. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at The Freeze and a Rock Ridge school bus will be there each day.

Not only will the students get needed school supplies, those making the donations will receive a free kid-size ice cream cone for every three items donated.

With the event to start Monday, teachers, PTSA members and Freeze employees are already volunteering to be on the bus collecting the donations.

The supply drive comes at a perfect time with new students looking forward to school in September. For the younger students, the event is a chance to go on the bus for the first time.

The school supply drive will help the kids that aren’t able to furnish all the school supplies on their list.

Cash donations are also accepted for those areas where not enough items were received through the drive, including such things as winter apparel, boots and more.

The need was identified with the idea to make sure everybody has everything they need on the first day of school, from gym shoes to pens and pencils, according to a previous Mesabi Tribune story.

The Parkview and North Star open houses are upcoming and school begins on Sept. 3. The open houses helps determine if any of the students need any of the items.

Donation items needed include no. 2 wooden pencils, highlighters, glue sticks, Elmer’s glue, scissors, erasers, toolbox (5x8), gym shoes-boys or girls-no laces please (sizes 10-8), 24 count crayons, water based markers (thick), Clorox wipes, headphones (no earbuds), Kleenex, baby wipes unscented, Expo dry erase markers.