You Can Donate School Supplies to KidSmart Through Vantage Credit Union

Hundreds of area children will be heading back to school with brand new school supplies while others will not be so lucky.

In an effort to help those less fortunate, all Vantage Credit Union locations will be collecting school supplies through August 31 to benefit KidSmart, an educational supply store providing teachers with free school supplies for students in area classrooms.

The store gets new school supplies into the hands of students in need living in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area.

Donations of new, unused school supplies can be dropped off at any Vantage Credit Union location. Backpacks and calculators are especially needed.

If shopping for new school supplies is difficult for you, spare change can be donated in collection jars at each location. Credit union employees will use the spare change to purchase new school supplies for the drive.

Any school supplies donated to the credit union will go directly to KidSmart’s store in Bridgeton, where teachers from eligible schools can then pick them up for students in need of school supplies.

Visit any Vantage Credit Union branch location to drop off your donation or for further details about the credit union’s annual Tools For Learning school supply drive.