Community Corner
Chatham’s ‘Helping Hands’ Gathering School Items For Kids-In-Need
The group needs donations of school supplies, toiletries and more for Chatham children. Find out how to provide back-to-school clothes.
CHATHAM, NJ — A group in Chatham is collecting necessities through Saturday, Aug. 14, to benefit children-in-need in the Chathams, whose families could use a "helping hand" with back-to-school item purchases for their children.
To sponsor a child in the community with back-to-school clothing and sneakers contact Joann from the Helping Hands group at helpinghandsofchatham@gmail.com.
The group is in need of the following donations for some of Chatham’s students:
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- Backpacks
- Binders
- Colored Pencils
- Composition Books
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Glue
- Graphing Calculators
- Highlighters
- Lined Paper
- Notebooks
- Pens
- Pencil Cases
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Lunch Bag Snacks
- Scotch Tape
- Tissues
- Toiletries
- Back-to-School Clothing
- Back-to-School Sneakers
- ShopRite Gift Cards
Text Joann from Helping Hands at 201-988-9070 to make drop offs, which are accepted from Sunday, Aug. 8 through Saturday, Aug. 14.
Financial donations can be made to QuickPay with Zelle at redroad14@optonline.net.
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To donate a ShopRite Gift Card, check payments can be made directly to ShopRite of Chatham. Helping Hands of Chatham gets a 5 percent discount on every $1,000 spent in the store.
See complete information here about the school supply drive.
Questions or comments about this story? Have a news tip? Contact me at: jennifer.miller@patch.com.
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