Order of Omega, the UW Oshkosh Greek Honor Society, is conducting a School Supply Drive for Webster Stanley and Emmeline Cook Elementary Schools on April 18-29.
We chose Webster Stanley and Emmeline Cook Elementary Schools because these are two schools in the Oshkosh area that are in need. About 10-25 percent of students that come to these schools have no school supplies, and 50 percent of students don’t have all the necessary supplies at the start of the school year.
Though the supplies might be lacking, the teachers of these schools truly have hearts of gold. These teachers are driven individuals who want nothing but the best for their students. In all honesty, accomplishing “the best” for their students is becoming harder every day though due to things such as the budget cuts.
Having these school supplies is a must for a student’s continuing education. It’s hard to believe that a box of crayons can open up a student’s creative mind and can, in result, create a masterpiece. We would love for University of Wisconsin Oshkosh faculty and staff to be a part of this meaningful and impactful cause.
The supplies needed are:
- Boxes of 24 Crayola crayons
- Large pink erasers
- Set of 12 colored pencils
- Ballpoint pens (red, blue, black)
- Boxes of 8 washable markers (wide or thin)
- Rulers (with a metric side)
- No. 2 sharpened pencils
- Post-it notes
- Elmer’s glue bottles
- Fiskar’s kid’s scissors
- Regular pocket folders
- Wide-rule, 1-subject notebooks
- Composition notebooks
- Black Sharpie markers
- Dry erase markers
- Highlighters
- Elmer’s glue sticks
- Kleenex
However, all school supplies are gladly accepted.
Please join with us and become a part of a life changing act of kindness. Education is the key in any child’s success as an
individual. These elementary schools need our help, and as teachers we know that you can relate with the dire need of supplies. Help us to make this an easier task to accomplish, not only for the children, but for the hard working teachers as well.
Donation bags will be located at the following offices the week of April 11th:
- Administration Services
- Admissions
- Campus Center for Equity and Diversity
- College of Business Office
- Career Services
- Center for New Learning
- Chancellor Office
- Counseling Center
- Deans Office
- College of Education
- Humana Kinetics Office
- Financial Aid Office
- Greek Life
- Human Resources Office
- IMC
- Journalism
- College of Letters and Science
- College of Nursing
- OSA office
- RUB office
- Registrars office
- Office of Inst. Research
We will be picking up your donations during the weeks of April 18 and 25, as well as there will be a drop box at the Student Leadership & Involvement desk in Reeve Memorial Union starting on April 18.
Thank you in advance for your compassion and dedication to our scholars of the future. If you have any questions, concerns or would like us to deliver donation bags to your office, please do not hesitate to contact VP of Programming Nicole Korn.
Stan Sweeney, Student Leadership & Involvement, submitted this announcement. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to contribute calendar items, campus announcements and other good news to UW Oshkosh Today.