CLEAN OUT YOUR DRAWERS – WE’RE HAVING A BACK TO SCHOOL BIN DRIVE!

August 3, 2018

Summer’s coming to a close and you know what that means… time to think about heading back to school. Don’t worry though – it’s not all bad! This year we’re kicking off the back-to-school season with a bin drive. Time to clean out the drawers and support some local kids, too.

What’s a bin drive?

A few times per year, we partner up with an organization in each of our four locations. As we drop off and pick up deliveries, we collect items from our customers in our Spud bins that this organization might need. This August, we’ll be collecting new school supplies.

What you need to know:

From August 20th – 31st, place NEW school supplies in your Spud bin (maximum 1 bin per household*).

See below for the specific list of supplies per location. For information on each organization and to find out where these donations will go, click the organization links below.

Vancouver: UNYA

Mechanical pencils
Pens
Highlighters
Erasers
Pencil sharpeners
White-out tape
Backpacks
Pencil cases
USB Flash/thumb drives
Calculators
Coloured pencil crayons
Packages of loose leaf paper
Combination locks
Locker organizers
Dividers (for use in binders)
Bus tickets

Victoria: 1Up

Backpacks
pencil cases
glue
pencil crayons
Scissors
small exercise books

Calgary: Closer To Home

Backpacks
Pens/pencils
Pencil crayons
Pencil sharpeners
Pencil box
Glue sticks
Erasers
Scissors
Calculators
Binders (preferably with zippers)
Paper/notebooks
Construction paper/drawing paper
Graph paper
Rulers
Geometry sets
Markers (water-based)
Highlighters
USB sticks
Staplers
Scotch tape

Edmonton: My United Way

Backpacks
coil notebooks
Erasers
Highlighters
Pencils
Pens
pencil cases
pencil crayons
washable markers

*Please note we will only accept 1 full bin of supplies per household. While we appreciate that our customers want to help, our facilities simply cannot handle the extreme volume of goods when we receive more than 1 bin/household.

Have any questions about bin drive? Give us a call!

Carli

Outside of her role as a Social Media and Content Coordinator, Carli enjoys exploring the local trails, testing various health food trends, spending time with loved ones, and fawning over any dog she lays eyes on.