Students Gear Up For Back To School With Supplies Shopping
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Students Gear Up For Back To School With Supplies Shopping
By Jennifer [email protected]
With local schools starting up, parents and students are spending time doing last-minute back-to-school shopping.
Warsaw Schools starts Monday, Whitko started Wednesday, Tippecanoe Valley starts today, and Wawasee and Manchester schools starts Tuesday.[[In-content Ad]]Parents say with the economy they are being more cautious in their spending.
Ratliff, Warsaw, and her three children Zack, 10, Alexandria, 8-1/2, and Chadoe, 5, stocked up Thursday on scissors, glue, erasers and paint sets.
"It's tougher this year buying school supplies because my husband is disabled and I am not working to be able to care for him and my kids," Ratliff said.
Brenda Bowers, Warsaw, and her 6-year-old son Gabe also were found in the school supply aisle Thursday.
Bowers said she is watching her school supply spending more closely this year with the way the economy is.
"Normally, I buy a lot of extra school supplies, but this year, instead of buying three to four extra crayon boxes, I will purchase fewer," Bowers said.
Gary Elders, Wal-Mart general manager, said school supply sales have been constant since the first of August. He expects sales to continue to be constant this weekend. He said with the economy, he thinks parents are shopping more locally.
Elders said parents have bought the basic supplies such as crayons, notebooks, book bags and scissors.
He said churches have purchased supplies in large quantities to give to those in need.
Todd Reynolds, Kmart store manager, said school supplies and footwear sales have been strong.
"We have new styles that we didn't have last year that are selling well," Reynolds said.
Combined Community Services, Salvation Army and the Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County had its "Tools For School"giveaway Tuesday. Students and their parents lined up as early as 3:30 a.m. around the Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County.
Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, CCS director of client services, said "Tools For School" was a success.
On Tuesday, 1,321 Kosciusko County students (463 families) received school supplies. Fiesta Plus, Warsaw, provided 200 haircuts to the students who attended the giveaway.
There were an additional 57 students who received school supplies Wednesday and Thursday, Lisenbee-Wright said.
The program ran out of book bags, and people who would like to donate one can drop them off at CCS, 110 E. Prairie, St., Warsaw, or at the Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County, 800 Park Ave.
Our Father's House had its back to school giveaway July 25.
Roz Morgan, Our Father's House founding director, said the giveaway went well.
There were 531 students who received school supplies, three outfits and socks and underwear.
"We saw much more need this year than years past with how the current unemployment is," Morgan said.
With local schools starting up, parents and students are spending time doing last-minute back-to-school shopping.
Warsaw Schools starts Monday, Whitko started Wednesday, Tippecanoe Valley starts today, and Wawasee and Manchester schools starts Tuesday.[[In-content Ad]]Parents say with the economy they are being more cautious in their spending.
Ratliff, Warsaw, and her three children Zack, 10, Alexandria, 8-1/2, and Chadoe, 5, stocked up Thursday on scissors, glue, erasers and paint sets.
"It's tougher this year buying school supplies because my husband is disabled and I am not working to be able to care for him and my kids," Ratliff said.
Brenda Bowers, Warsaw, and her 6-year-old son Gabe also were found in the school supply aisle Thursday.
Bowers said she is watching her school supply spending more closely this year with the way the economy is.
"Normally, I buy a lot of extra school supplies, but this year, instead of buying three to four extra crayon boxes, I will purchase fewer," Bowers said.
Gary Elders, Wal-Mart general manager, said school supply sales have been constant since the first of August. He expects sales to continue to be constant this weekend. He said with the economy, he thinks parents are shopping more locally.
Elders said parents have bought the basic supplies such as crayons, notebooks, book bags and scissors.
He said churches have purchased supplies in large quantities to give to those in need.
Todd Reynolds, Kmart store manager, said school supplies and footwear sales have been strong.
"We have new styles that we didn't have last year that are selling well," Reynolds said.
Combined Community Services, Salvation Army and the Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County had its "Tools For School"giveaway Tuesday. Students and their parents lined up as early as 3:30 a.m. around the Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County.
Peggi Lisenbee-Wright, CCS director of client services, said "Tools For School" was a success.
On Tuesday, 1,321 Kosciusko County students (463 families) received school supplies. Fiesta Plus, Warsaw, provided 200 haircuts to the students who attended the giveaway.
There were an additional 57 students who received school supplies Wednesday and Thursday, Lisenbee-Wright said.
The program ran out of book bags, and people who would like to donate one can drop them off at CCS, 110 E. Prairie, St., Warsaw, or at the Boys and Girls Club of Kosciusko County, 800 Park Ave.
Our Father's House had its back to school giveaway July 25.
Roz Morgan, Our Father's House founding director, said the giveaway went well.
There were 531 students who received school supplies, three outfits and socks and underwear.
"We saw much more need this year than years past with how the current unemployment is," Morgan said.
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