1. Recruit a Committee: recruit your coworkers to a small committee to share the workload. Committee members will:
- Set internal goals and “cooper-tition” guidelines
- Print and distribute flyers and posters.
- Send emails to their networks.
- Post on social media.
- Monitor collection bins and answer questions.
- Coordinate supply pick up & drop off with SLL.
Choose Your Drive Dates. Select a time frame to host your drive. It is recommended to take advantage of the best back-to-school sales.
- We recommend drives last for 6 weeks.
- Consider your group’s schedule and workload, as well as holidays.
Decide What and How to Collect. Refer to your Supply Drive Interest Form or coordinate with blair@stemlibrarylab.org to collect the highest need item(s). Categories are:
- Staplers & Staples
- Crayons, Colored Pencils, & Markers
- Dry Erasers & Dry Erase Markers
- Paper Products: Post its, Index cards, Copy Paper, Filler Paper
- Rubber Bands, Binder clips, Paperclips, & Tape
Have Fun and Get Creative. Try organizing a “cooper-tition” (cooperative competition) between departments, floors, or other teams to boost participation! Establish specific goals for each team or an overall goal for the drive, and communicate these goals to everyone involved. Offering an incentive and bragging rights to the “winning” team can be a great way to build team camaraderie. We will never turn away donated supplies that are not in your selected categories, so don’t worry about doing this “wrong.”
Spread the Word and Build Excitement. Kick off your drive with a special event, share information about school supply sales at local stores, and provide visual updates (try a thermometer). Engage participants through various communication channels and explain why donating school supplies is important to local students.
Count Items and Prepare for Delivery/Pick-up. Schedule your donation drop-off appointment online at ????. 7) Complete Your Sorting Sheet and Drop Off Donations Pack your collected supplies into Stem Library Suupply Bins for easy delivery. Complete your Sorting Sheet before submitting your donations to help our team quickly process your donations!
