Volunteer Needs From: United Way of Marathon County

In Marathon County, there are over 7,500 students that are *eligible to receive a new, FREE,
backpack and common school supplies for the upcoming school year through the Workplace
Volunteer Council’s (WVC) signature project – Fill A Backpack Fill A Need (FABFAN). To be
*eligible to take part in FABFAN, students must be entering 4K through 8th grade and qualify
for free or reduced lunch at school.

How can you help?
 Donate supplies. Donations of backpacks and school supplies can be delivered to any of
FABFAN’s Public Collection Sites: AbbyBank, Cloverbelt Credit Union, Health in Motion,
Innovative Health, Peoples State Bank, and Prevail Bank.
 Make a monetary donation. We “s-t-r-e-t-c-h” each dollar that is donated. We shop the
clearance sales at local stores. We buy in bulk to secure

 

Donate NEW School Supplies!

 

Colorful, Durable Large Backpacks Colored washable markers (8-12 count box) Colored pencils (12 count box) Crayons (24 count box) *Wide-lined single subject notebooks *2-pocket folders *Red, blue, green & yellow notebooks + folders requested by schools #2 Pencils Highlighters Large pink erasers Black dry erase markers Washable glue Washable glue sticks Scissors (blunt or pointed)