Donations Wanted For Glen Cove's Fill-A-Book Bag Drive

The Glen Cove Youth Bureau is collecting school supplies and monetary donations to make back-to-school shopping easier for Glen Cove families in need.

“This program it to make life a little bit easier for Glen Cove families,” Youth Bureau Executive Director Spiro Tsirkas said in a press release. “Our goal is to collect contributions to fill backpacks for 300 students in need.”

Items that are being collected include: binders, crayons, school bags, pens, pencils, notebooks, hand sanitizer, tissues and other items that are on Glen Cove School District’s supplies list.

Collection boxes can be found at the Glen Cove Youth Bureau, City Hall, Glen Cove Hospital, Library and Rising Tide Natural Market.

Parents with students who may be in need of supplies can contact the Youth Bureau for a request form. Residents must be registered in a Glen Cove Public School. Request forms must be submitted by Monday, August 27.

For monetary donations, checks can be made payable to the Friends of the Youth Board c/o the Glen Cove Youth Bureau, 128B Glen Street, Glen cove, NY 11542.

Rising Tide Natural Market will also be donating over $300 to the Youth Bureau’s Fill-a-Book Bag drive as part of their Charity of the Month for August, according to marketing director Liz Weiss.

Image via City of Glen Cove: Glen Cove Mayor Tim Tenke makes a donation to the Glen Cove Youth Bureau’s Annual Fill-a-Book Bag drive.