Adopt-a-Student

Why donate a backpack with school supplies?
KRQE Interview with Kathy Freeze

For the past seven years Catholic Charities has collaborated with parishes, schools and other organizations to distribute needed school supplies for low income students.

For the Fall 2020, we hope to collect 130 students backpacks full of supplies to distribute to children and youth of refugees resettled in Albuquerque.

Elementary School 46          Middle School          25
High School              52           College                        7

Backpacks shall be delivered to the In-Kind Donation Center located at 3600 Osuna NE #519, Albuquerque, NM 87109 ​(in the Osuna Business Center)

Date to deliver: August 6 and 7 from 9 am to 2 pm

Please click below to fill out a form and adopt-a-student.

Backpacks should contain:

Elementary School

Backpack (appropriate for boy or girl)
Face Masks
Hand sanitizer
​12 - #2 Pencils
1 - Box of Crayons 24/Pkg
2 - Glue Sticks
1 - Box of Tissues
1 - Pink Eraser
1 - Package Washable Markers 8/Pkg
1 - Pair of Fiskar Blunt Tip Scissors
1 - Pencil Case
2 - Wide Ruled Spiral Bound Notebooks
3 - Pocket Folders
12 - Pencil Crayons
1 - Face Mask
Source: https://www.school-supply-list.com/1st-grade-school-supply-list.php

Middle School

Backpack (appropriate for boy or girl)
​Face Masks
Hand sanitizer
​1 weekly planner
​12 - #2 Pencils
2 - Glue Sticks
1 - White Glue
1 - Pink Erasers
1 - White Eraser
1 - Pkg. Washable Felt Markers
1 - Pair Scissors
1 - Pencil Case
10 - Duo-Tangs
2 - Pkg. Lined Paper
1 - Pkg. Plain Paper
4 - Lined Notebooks
5 - Blue Pens
2 - Red Pens
1 - Ruler
1 - Pkg. Pencil Crayons
2 - 1" Binders
8 - Subject Dividers
1 - Scientific Calculator
1 - Geometry Set
1 - Pocket Dictionary
1 - Pencil Sharpener
3 - Highlighter Pens
Source: ​https://www.school-supply-list.com/6th-grade-school-supply-list.php

High School and College

Backpack (appropriate for boy or girl)
​Face masks
​1 weekly planner
​12 - #2 Pencils
2 - Glue Sticks
1 - Bottle of White Glue
1 - Pink Eraser
1 - White Eraser
1 - Pkg. Washable Felt Markers
1 - Pair of Scissors
1 - Pencil Case
10 - Pocket Folders
2 - Pkg. Lined Notebook Paper
1 - Pkg. Plain Copy Paper
10 - Blue Pens
3 - Red Pens
1 - Ruler
1 - Pkg. Pencil Crayons
2 - 1" Binders
8 - Subject Dividers
1 - Scientific Calculator
1 - Geometry Set
1 - Pocket Dictionary
1 - Thesaurus
1 - Pencil Sharpener
3 - Highlighters
1 - Agenda Book/Student Planner
1 - Stapler
1 - Staple Remover
Source: https://www.school-supply-list.com/9th-grade-school-supply-list.php

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