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Offers free school supplies for Jones County families. Families may call the Jones County Family Resource Center to register for the free school supplies.

Provides free school supplies and book bags in the fall for income eligible students Pre-K through high school in Brown, Pike and Schuyler counties. In some cases fees for extra curricular activities may be covered for income eligible junior and senior high school students.

Contact your local Two Rivers Regional Council office to schedule an appointment for school supplies in July.

Offered to low income families who reside in West Des Moines and are in need of back to school supplies. Supply giveaway is in August. Appointments are required. See website for more details.

Offers a Back to School Giveaway each August. The program provides free school supplies and backpacks to the K-12 students of the Ankeny Community School District and those who attend school in Ankeny. For giveaway dates and location, or to inquire about donating, please contact Ankeny Schools Community Engagement department at 515-289-3960.

Giveaway location: Prairie Ridge Middle School 1010 NW Prairie Ridge Drive, Ankeny, IA 50023

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School Supplies
School Supplies Donation Programs
Provides school supplies for school aged children in need.
Provides school supplies to families in need for the first day of school.

Free school supplies and backpacks are available to children in need via the Ramblin' Rose bus, and at the regular Effingham location. The bus travels to towns in the seven-county area to provide the supplies.

School clothing is also available from the bus, or families may choose to receive a voucher and shop for their clothing at Second Hand Rose Resale Shoppe in the Effingham Catholic Charities location.

Offers clothing for students in sizes 3T thru adult XL, as well as personal hygiene and school items.

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General Clothing Provision
School Supplies
Provides clothes, shoes, backpacks, and school supplies before the start of the school year. Program available when funding available.

Offers school supplies for students in school.

Back to School Giveaway distributes backpacks filled with school supplies for Head Start -12th grade students from low income households. Free supplies for the first 1,500 kids.

GIVEAWAY LOCATION: the 15 DMARC Food Pantries around Polk County will have school supplies to hand out for the bash. Backpacks will be available at the food pantries starting Fall 2025.

Thrift shop with vouchers provided by most churches, government offices, and community agencies.

School supply distribution.

Santa's workshop provides Christmas presents.

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Christmas Programs
Clothing Vouchers
Thrift Shops
School Supplies
Provides clothes, shoes, backpacks, and school supplies before the start of the school year. Program available when funding available.

School Supplies are donated and given to needy students at the beginning of each school year through the Back to School Fair. Pre-registration is required, call or visit the United Way of Mahaska County to register.

Provides clothes, shoes, backpacks, and school supplies before the start of the school year. Program available when funding available.
School supplies may be available to students in need.

Back 2 School Bash - July 26, 2025, 10 am-1 pm. Advance registration is required and tickets cost $5 per child (grades K-5). Bash will be held at the Old MacDonald's Farm and have school supplies, activities, and free food, adults can purchase meals. To register, visit cityofcr.com/schoolbash.

Provides school supplies for school age children.

Provides funds for a DeWitt County student to attend Richland Community College in Decatur. The student may use the funds for tuition, textbooks, or other costs associated with their education.

Offers seasonal services, including holiday food baskets for Thanksgiving and Christmas, with gift cards for turkey, holiday toys and gifts as supplies last, Easter baskets for youth, and Back-to-school supplies and backpacks for students in August.

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School Supplies
Easter Programs
Thanksgiving Programs
Christmas Programs
Provides free school supplies for students.
Provides clothes, shoes, backpacks, and school supplies before the start of the school year. Program available when funding available.
Limited financial aid for emergency situations including utility deposits, rent, prescription medications, glasses, clothing, school supplies, holiday assistance, transportation, birth certificate retrieval, Iowa identification, books for GED testing, etc.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Christmas Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
School Supplies
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options

Provides back-to-school supplies to youth in need that live within the McHenry County area.

Provides school supplies to households in need.

Provides free school supplies for school-age children.