Below is the original blog from several weeks ago entitled "Harvest Cares: Fox Road Teachers"
Did you know that teachers have to pay for their own supplies? They do, so let's help the 69 teachers at Fox Road Elementary! Like announced Sunday morning, we'll be gathering teachers supplies in reusable Harvest totes (available Sunday, August 8th) and then delivering them to the teachers at Fox Road at noon on August 20th (mark your calendars)! If you'd like, go ahead and start shopping using coupons and back-to-school deals. Determine how many bags you'd like to pack. Insert an encouraging, love-of-Jesus note into each one. Bring your filled bags on Sunday, August 15th. We'll gather them and bring them to Fox Road on the 20th for you to personally give to teachers if you're able to make this your lunch break. Bring a co-worker along with you! Get anyone you want involved!
It seems like it might be easier and 'more bang for your buck' to get multi-packs of things (paper towels, tissues, etc) and disperse them into multiple bags. Also, tax-free weekend in August 6-8 which applies to all school supplies under $100 so take advantage of this to fill another bag!
Quote from Principal Melanie Rhoads in response to this project: "This is very kind of all of you! Thanks especially for looking out for the teachers and taking care of them."
Here is the suggested list from Melanie (let's stick to this list): highlighters, variety color dry-erase markers, clipboard, colored post-it notes, pens, pencils, plastic ware (forks, knives, spoons), gallon-sized bags, baby wipes, tissues, and paper towels.
Here is a Van Gogh rendering of what the filled bag would look like using x-ray (much thanks Vince!):
