This is the fifth year Lerner and Rowe Gives Back has joined other local businesses in proudly sponsoring Mix 96.9 Back to School Tools, a school supply drive for underpriviledged children throughout Phoenix who are in need of basic items like backpacks, pens, markers and hygiene items.This year’s Back to School Tools directly benefits Worldly Kids, a new charitable foundation dedicated to helping the top ten title one schools in Tempe and Phoenix.
It is Worldly Kid’s mission to help homeless children focus on their education in an effort to break the cycle of living on the streets and make the most of their future. The homeless youth that Worldly Kid’s sponsor live in shelters, motels, cars, and empty buildings, leaving them unable to get the supplies they need.
We ask that you to join Lerner and Rowe Gives Back and help make a difference in the lives of these children by donating much needed school supplies, clothing, hygiene items and healthy snacks to this worthy cause.
Back to School Tools Wish List
In 2014, the State Department of Education recorded 18,306 homeless children in Maricopa County in kindergarten through twelfth grade. In the state of Arizona there are over 34,000 regarded as homeless.
By donating any of the items listed below you are helping the next generation overcome their economic setbacks and focus on their education. With your help and the efforts of Lerner and Rowe Gives Back, 2015 can be the best school year yet for Arizona’s homeless youth!
By donating any of the items listed below you are helping the next generation overcome their economic setbacks and focus on their education. With your help and the efforts of Lerner and Rowe Gives Back, 2015 can be the best school year yet for Arizona’s homeless youth!
Donate your items now through August 23,2015 at any CVS Store, the iHeart Media Phoenix Studios or call Worldly Kids for a pick up at (480) 236-0111.
School Supplies
- Backpacks
- Three ring binders
- Notebook
- Composition notebooks
- Copy paper
- Pencils
- Pens
- Pencil sharpeners
- Hand sanitizer
- Kleenex
- Index cards
- Cases
- Clorox wipes
- Teaching store gift cards
- Bookstore gift cards
- Permanent markers
Youth Clothing
- Socks
- Shoes
- Underwear
- Pants
- Jeans
- Blouses
- T-shirts
Personal Hygiene Items
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body lotion
- Toothpaste
- Tooth brush
- Body wash
- Deodorant
- Mouthwash
- Hair brush
- Dental floss
- Feminine hygiene items