Full Notification

Contact: Mary Schultz, Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools, Stuff the School Bus Committee member, 715-424-6750 ext. 4024 or 608-609-6271.

Or Amy Fluno, United Way’s 2-1-1, Stuff the School Bus Committee member, 715-421-0390.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI – The Stuff the School Bus committee for south Wood County is now accepting applications for free school supplies that will be distributed August 13, 8:00am – 11:30am at Lincoln High School (1801 16th St. S., Wisconsin Rapids). Families who wish to receive free school supplies need to pre-register from now until July 22, 2016.

Registration applications were distributed to all students in the Nekoosa, Port Edwards and Wisconsin Rapids school districts – either sent home in the weekly folders or in monthly newsletters.

Applications can also be picked up at:

• Boys and Girls Club of the Wisconsin Rapids Area, 501 17th St. S., Wisconsin Rapids (as well as the Mead, Nekoosa and Port Edwards locations)
• United Way of Inner Wisconsin, 351 Oak Street, Wisconsin Rapids
• Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools Central Office, 510 Peach Street, Wisconsin Rapids

An application can also be downloaded from www.uwiw.org. Applications will NOT be mailed out to anyone.

Applications must be returned to United Way of Inner Wisconsin (351 Oak Street, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494) by July 22, 2016. In early August, families will receive a postcard informing them of their time-slot for pick up during Stuff the Desk on August 13, 2016.

Stuff the School Bus will be asking local businesses and individuals to collect/donate school supplies from July 11 – August 4, 2016. School supplies will be dropped off at the Stuff the School Bus drive on August 4th during Lunch by the River at Veteran’s Memorial Park (11:30am – 1:00pm).

Stuff the School Bus is a community collaborative effort to collect and distribute school supplies to students in need. All families who are in financial need are eligible. For more information, please contact United Way’s 2-1-1.


About the Stuff the School Bus/Stuff the Desk Committee

Stuff the School Bus is a collaborative effort of several local non-profit, government and school agencies including: Boys and Girls Club of the Wisconsin Rapids Area, Caring Closet, the Family Center, Inc., Nekoosa School District, Port Edwards School District, the UW Extension Office, United Way of Inner Wisconsin and Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools.

Every year, the Stuff the School Bus/Stuff the Desk Committee asks the community to stuff a school bus with donations of school supplies. The event is held during Lunch by the River. Later, the donated school supplies are distributed to local students in need during the Stuff the Desk event. All families who are in financial need are eligible.