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)