The 2013/2014 school year has come to a close but at Asha’s Refuge we are already preparing for the start of the next school year. Over the summer we will be collecting near 100 backpacks filled with school supplies for all ages. We will also be collecting all sizes of school uniforms: khaki and navy pants or skirts (long skirts preferred) and white shirts. Gently used uniforms are fine. If you’d like to help us collect, sort and deliver these items please do! Your donations can be placed in the lobby at our Asha’s Refuge Ministry table in the plastic bins or you may contact us via our contact page on this website to arrange a place for us to pick up your donations. Tax deduction receipts are available for any donations you make. We look forward to this time of year and refugee children and their parents are very appreciative of your generosity. It’s amazing to see just how excited children who once never had an opportunity to be educated are to get to finally go to school! Every year our refugee friends are so eager to start the new school year, meet new people and learn new things. They understand what a blessing they have been given to have an American education.

You can grab a school supply list at our office location at 1035 Winchester Blvd. inside The Church at Schilling Farms in the lobby or other than the uniforms already mentioned here are some examples of what we need:

Backpacks
Spiral Notebooks (wide ruled)
Crayons
Pocket folders
#2 pencils with erasers
Small Pencil sharpeners (refugee students need these at home)
Highlighters
Scissors
Glue (bottle)/glue sticks
Ruler
Washable markers/colored pencils
Primary Tablet
Wide Ruled Loose Leaf Notebook Paper
Kleenex/hand sanitizer
Index Cards
Quart/gallon sized zip lock bags
Red/black/blue ball point pens
1-1/2″ binders
Protractor/compass

*Important – Please return your supplies with the following info attached to your bag of items so we can thank you, send you your tax donation receipt and also calculate the donated items for our record keeping purposes: your name, address, phone #, email address and approximate dollar amount of items donated!

Thank you so much for your help and support!!