Back to school: Durham nonprofit tries to provide teachers with classroom supplies
Back-to-school shopping is underway for most as the first day of traditional-calendar school approaches, and a Durham nonprofit is hoping donations from the public can help prevent teachers from having to spend their own money to help supply area classrooms.
Posted — UpdatedAround the first of the year, supplies go quickly at the Holloway Street warehouse.
Crayons 2 Calculators helps supply a wide-ranging list of supplies, from hand sanitizer to dry erase markers.
"We have 11 elementary schools that are more than 85 percent free and reduced (price) lunch, so teachers need support all year," Julie Marshall, who works with Crayons 2 Calculators, said. "They shop with us once a month so they have supplies all year long."
Ahead of the first bell of 2016, the center says it needs highlighters, crayons and glue sticks.
Crayons 2 Calculators distributed more than $250,000 of supplies last school year.
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