We (fiance and I) ran two school supply drives this year for the local [Family Services][1]. They are underfunded (they all are) and the children involved have been removed from dangerous, abusive, or neglected situations, so they generally don't have anyone. So, to help give them some normalcy in some part of their lives, we ran supply drives at both our workplaces. Backpacks, pencils, calculators, tissues, etc.

The school supply drives are surprising because you think (atleast I did) that they only need them in the fall when children are going back to school, but the sad fact is that children are being removed from their homes throughout the year, so there is no bad time to run these for you local child protective services.

Also, they ran a Christmas drive for the children that was directly beneficial to the children and very convenient as they provided an Amazon wish list and you could have the items directly shipped to the agency.

I thought this would be a good way to help bring awareness to this community of something simple and directly helpful to do at your workplaces for the local community.

My favorite SE sites are https://diy.stackexchange.com/ and SO


  [1]: https://childrenservices.franklincountyohio.gov/