WBRZ stuffs the bus for schools

• Published: Jul 9, 2009

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Volunteers showed up Wednesday to help with WBRZ-Channel 2's Stuff the Bus school supplies drive for needy children.  Both locations stuffed three buses full of supplies for a total of six school buses stuffed in one day.

Donations of glue, pencils and other supplies were exchanged for free glasses of iced tea and lemonade from Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, a sponsor of the campaign. Office Depot was another sponsor of the event.

A single school bus was parked at each of the two drop-off locations, Office Depot, 3116 College Drive, and Office Depot, 703 N. Airline Highway, Gonzales.

Last year, the first year of the program, $33,000 worth of supplies were collected and distributed to students at 72 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Both locations stuffed three buses full of supplies for a total of six school buses stuffed in one day.

East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent John Dilworth and Ascension Parish Assistant Superintendent Patrice Pujol were on hand at their respective locations and were grateful for the huge response from their communities.

VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools) staffed the College Drive location and Volunteer Ascension were at the Gonzales location putting in long hours throughout the day. Today the volunteers will sort and package all of the supplies.

During the first week of school, supplies will be distributed to kindergarten through eighth grade students.

Supplies donated at the College Drive location will go to students in need in East Baton Rouge Public Schools. Supplies collected in Gonzales will go to students in need in Ascension Parish Public Schools.