Donate School Supplies to VEAP to Help South Minneapolis Students

Volunteers Enlisted to Serve People(VEAP) is in need of school suppliesfor Richfield children.

VEAP serves people in the Richfield, Edina, Bloomington and South Minneapolis communities. This year, VEAP anticipates helping more than 3,500 children with their back to school need, and you can help. The following are the items needed:

• Backpacks
• Spiral Notebooks
• Two-Pocket Folders
• Pencil Pouches/Boxes
• Blue Black Ink Pens
• Colored Pencils (12 Count)
• Markers (10 Count)
• Highlighters
• Blunt & Sharp Scissors
• #2 Pencils
• Loose Leaf Paper
• Rulers
• Crayons (24 Count)
• Erasers
• Glue Sticks
• Glue Bottles
• Dry Erase Markers
• Composition Notebooks

There are several drop-off locations throughout VEAP's service area:

Edina

• Bremer Bank
• Edina City Hall / Police Department
• Edina Fire Department
• Edina Resource Center
• Edina Senior Center
• Hennepin County Library- Edina 
• Jerry's Do it Best Hardware
• Southdale Library
• Southdale YMCA
• Western National Insurance

Richfield

• Arc Value Village
• Bremer Bank
• First National Bank of the Lakes
• RBCU- Richfield Office
• Richfield Municipal Center
• Village Shores

Bloomington

• Bloomington Civic Plaza
• Bloomington Public Works
• Creekside Community Center
• Crowne Plaza
• Jerry's Do it Best Hardware
• Normandale Lake Office Park
• Oxboro Library
• Penn Lake Community Library
• RBCU- Bloomington Office
• RBC- Lyndale Branch

Supplies are being accepted until Aug. 13. To register your company or service group to be a part of the collection effort, contact kristap@veapvolunteers.org. For more information on VEAP's Back to School Program, go veapvolunteers.org/special-events/back-to-school.

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