LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Get ready to feel some school spirit because WHAS11 News is launching a school supply drive for Louisville students this summer.
Erin Grant, Kroger's corporate affairs manager, met with WHAS11 News' Gabrielle Harmon and Destinee Flowers Friday to record a quick video about our partnership with Kroger for the Back to School Drive.
Instead, they were surprised with a giant check for $1,000 in Kroger gift cards for the WHAS11 Back to School Supply Drive.
This donation and all other donations for this cause will go toward buying school supplies for the most vulnerable children in Louisville's community.
Donating is easy. You can donate online, simply by shopping on this Amazon wish list. When you use this link, you donations will be shipped directly to the Home of the Innocents.
You can also buy and drop off supplies at West Broadway Kroger, Portland Kroger, Poplar Level Kroger and Highlands Kroger.
You can donate online or at the four Kroger locations until Aug. 2.
Below is a list of necessary supplies:
- Backpacks
- Notebooks (no spiral)
- Composition notebooks
- Loose leaf paper
- 1 inch binders/dividers
- 2 pocket folders
- Markers
- Colored pencils
- Pens
- Flexible pencils
- Mechanical pencils
- Permanent markers
- Highlighters
- Glue sticks
- Liquid glue
- Pencil pouches/boxes
- Index cards
- Safety scissors
- Tissues
- Disinfecting wipes
The WHAS11 School Supply Drive is sponsored by Jefferson County Public Schools and Kroger. All school supplies will be donated to Home of the Innocents.
On behalf of WHAS11, thank you for your generosity.
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