North Hills Community Outreach collecting school supplies

Tribune-Review | Friday, June 23, 2023 7:01 a.m.

Courtesy of North Hills Community Outreach

Ty’rae, 5, picks out school supplies during NHCO’s Back To School Supplies distribution in North Boroughs in 2022.

Summer has barely begun, but back to school plans are already in the works for North Hills Community Outreach.

Through Aug. 6, the organization is collecting school supplies to give to families who use its food pantries. The goal is to give every student everything they need to start the school year. Because of the organization’s supporters, 889 students received back-to-school supplies last year.

“The joy that this drive brings to students and the relief that it brings to parents and families is absolutely remarkable. One of the best experiences here at NHCO is seeing the pure happiness in the kids’ eyes as they pick out their backpacks and supplies at these distributions,” said NHCO executive director Tom Baker.

Items can be ordered through NHCO’s Amazon Wishlist and be sent directly to its office. Or, they can be dropped off at any of its three offices.

NHCO is collecting:

• New backpacks

• Colored pencils

• 24-pack crayons

• Erasers

• Glue sticks

• Highlighters and markers

• Loose-leaf paper

• Notebooks

• Binders

• Pens, pencils/mechanical pencils

• Pencil boxes and sharpeners

• Pocket folders

• Rulers

• Scissors

• Texas Instruments graphing calculators. These can be gently used, as long as they are working.

Offices are located at:

Main office

1975 Ferguson Road, Allison Park

412-487-6316

9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays

NHCO Millvale

Millvale Community Center, 416 Lincoln Ave., 2nd floor, Millvale

412-487-6316

9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays

NHCO North Boroughs

Greenstone Methodist Church, 939 California Ave., Avalon

412-487-6316

9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays