City Of Tuscaloosa Accepting School Supplies For Parking Tickets

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The City of Tuscaloosa is accepting school supply donations to cover overtime parking tickets.

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The initiative began Monday, with Tuscaloosa residents able pay off $19 parking tickets with a donation of school supplies valued at $10.

The city says school supplies valued at $20 or more will be accepted in place of two $19 parking tickets.

The supplies received by the city will be donated to the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education and distributed to local students in need.

School supplies valued at $10 will be accepted with a purchase receipt.

Participants can bring school supplies to Tuscaloosa Municipal Court at 2122 6th Street, with the program set to start July 7 and end on Aug. 1.

Those with questions are asked to call 311.

Below is a list of suggested supplies.

• Heavy duty backpacks
• Ream white copy paper
• Index cards
• Black & blue ink pens
• 16gb flash drive
• Scientific calculators
• Erasers – 3 packs
• Standard/college ruled paper
• College-ruled spiral notebooks
• Mechanical or #2 pencils
• Binder pouches
• Clorox/Lysol wipes 3 packs
• Highlighters 3ct.
• Highlighters 10ct.
• Hand sanitizers
• Box(es) of Kleenex tissues
• Binder dividers
• Box of crayons
• Kids’ scissors

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