Donate school supplies to the needy Saturday at the Boardman YMCA

July 28, 2009 at 11:00a.m.

BOARDMAN —The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley will be collecting donations of school supplies from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Boardman YMCA on McClurg Road. There will be a bus in the parking lot to drop off donations.

The following school supplies are needed: book bags, notebooks, pens and pencils, crayons, highlighters, erasers, rulers, glue sticks and folders. Monetary donations will also be accepted.

The school supplies will be packed into book bags as part of the annual United Way Day of Caring on Sept. 11. The book bags will be distributed to needy children helped by organizations funded by the United Way. For more information, please call Tara Mady at 330.746.8494 or visit www.ymvunitedway.org.