FILL THE BUS
United Way of Northwest Arkansas and Walmart partner to “Fill the Bus” in Northwest Arkansas on August 2 and 3, 2019.
In partnership with Walmart, BIC, Crayola, Coca-Cola and Fiskars, Fill the Bus is an initiative that provides a step out of poverty for children in Northwest Arkansas. Fill the Bus is a school supply drive at the nine area Walmart Supercenters and supplies are entrusted to 13 area school districts serving children and their families. This program supports children in our community by helping them start school with confidence and gives them the literal tools they need to succeed.
United Way staff and volunteers will spend Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3 filling the bus with school supplies at all the Walmart Supercenters in Benton, Madison, and Washington counties in Arkansas and McDonald County in Missouri.
Supplies distributed to 13 school districts in NWA and 1 in Southwest Missouri.
Bentonville – Decatur – Farmington – Fayetteville – Gravette – Huntsville – Lincoln –
McDonald County – Pea Ridge – Prairie Grove – Rogers – Siloam Springs – Springdale
Fill the Bus raised enough supplies to impact 35,337 students ensuring they had the supplies they needed to start the school year off right. The estimated value of these supplies is $1.4 million.
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