Did you know that on average, families spend over $100 per child to purchase necessary school supplies? For many families this is just not possible on limited budgets. Story County Blast Back to School Event aims to relieve the burden of back to school expenses for local families of K–12 students.
The Blast Back to School Event has been helping our Story County families since 2015. The BBTS event collects supplies and backpacks throughout the spring and summer, packs the backpacks with the supplies, and then the participating schools distribute the backpacks to any student that registers for the event.
There is NO FEE to the schools or students! The whole event is done through donations from our community businesses and individuals, and community volunteers.
Thank you to United Way of Story County for being our Fiscal Agent Partner in our mission to provide needed school supplies to our Story County students each year!
Our 2024 Blast Back to School Supply Drive Events are:
Ames - August 13th
Ballard - August 16th
Nevada - August 13th
Roland Story - TBD
St. Cecilia - TBD
Collins Maxwell - TBD
Colo-Nesco - TBD
Ways you can donate to our program
Monetary Donations
You can donate by sending a check to:
United Way of Story County
c/o Blast Back to School Supply Program
315 Clark Ave.
Ames, IA 50010
You can also donate by going to the United Way’s donate website and make a donation there. Please specify “Blast Back to School" where is asks for “Association with a special project”, there is a space to type in a custom program where it says “If other, please specify.”
Supply Donations
Drop off box locations
Come back in May of 2024 for drop-off box locations!
If you have donations to make before June 2024, you can contact us at blastbacktoschool@gmail.com, and we will set up a time to pick-up the supplies. Thank you!
Event Volunteers
You can sign up to help out the BBTS program at the link below!
Volunteer Opportunities:
Pack backpacks on our Packing Event Day August 12
Check back periodically for additional volunteer opportunities with BBTS.
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