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LAVALE — County United Way will hold its annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive to benefit students in Allegany County on Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Walmart and Staples parking lots in LaVale. Both stores are allowing a bus to be stationed in their parking lot so that volunteers can fill it with school supplies.

“This event has been incredibly well-supported in the past,” said Michele Walker, County United Way executive director. “COVID forced us to cancel the event the past two years. It is nice to get back out in the community and help those students in need of the tools to make their school year successful.”

New supplies can be dropped off to fill the buses in LaVale at other drop-off sites to be announced before the event. Businesses can call the United Way at 301-722-2700 for a collection box.

Items being collected include backpacks, brown paper lunch bags, baggies, colored pencils, composition books, crayons, disinfecting wipes, erasers, glue sticks/glue, hand sanitizer, highlighters, notebook paper, paper plates, pencils, pens, pencil cases, post-it notes, reusable water bottles, scissors, thin dry-erase markers, three-prong folders with pockets, three-ring binders, one-subject and three-subject spiral notebooks and washable markers.

Distributions will take place throughout the school year through the Allegany County Board of Education. Supplies will also be distributed to local branches of the Allegany County Library so that children going to the library to complete homework have the necessary tools.

Donations made payable to County United Way can be mailed to 113A S. Centre St., Cumberland, MD 21502 with School Supply Drive noted on the check memo.

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