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The City of St. Cloud and A Hero For Kids will both hold Back to School supply drives on Aug. 6.
Need school supplies for your family? The next two weeks will feature a number of back-to-school supply drives for those in need.
The City of St. Cloud is hosting a Back 2 School Bash on Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon at Hopkins Park (6320 E. 17th St.). This free and fun event will have exhibitors, games, bounce houses and more. Register your child to receive a backpack filled with school supplies (one per child). at https:// bit.ly/3aYI33C. For more information, call 407- 957-7243.
Families can also register for the fourth annual Back2School celebration at the Staples Plaza on 13th Street on Aug. 6 at 11 a.m. This event is presented by A Hero for Kids, so if your kids are lucky, they could meet Batman!
Last year’s event saw almost 400 families register for free backpacks and supplies, and A Hero for Kids gave away over 1,000 supply-filled backpacks. Registration is limited. To register, go to https://conta. cc/3yMDQYy.
If your business is interested in a sponsorship or would like to partner with A Hero for Kids for school supply drives, volunteer to stuff backpacks or to volunteer on the day of the event, contact Andrea at 407-908-8643 or John@ aheroforkids.org.
The City of St. Cloud’s Parks and Recreation Department is collecting school supplies for those in need. Among the items needed are 1-to- 3-inch binders, pencils, pencil pouches, crayons/ colored pencils, dry erase markers, glue sticks, composition books, 3-hole punch folders and looseleaf notebook paper. If you are able to donate, drop off your donations to the St. Cloud Civic Center, 3001 17th St., before Aug. 1. For more information, call 407-957-7243.
St. Cloud Main Street’s March to Your Own Story will complete their summer of reading on Saturday. Each week, children have been picking up a map at the St. Cloud Police substation on 10th Street that led them on a stroll through downtown St. Cloud. The map took them to specific locations to glance into the store fronts of participating merchants, reading one page at a time until they completed the week’s story.
For this final Saturday, the book is “A Pony, A Pig and 2 Ducks” by Kristi M. Lambert. Lambert will give free books to the first 20 children who go to Z and Q - A Children’s Boutique at 1037 New York Ave. from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Each child may take a picture with the author. Z and Q-A Children’s Boutique will have a special treat for the children. In addition, there is a children’s costume contest – have your child dress as their favorite character from the book. For more information, contact St. Cloud Main Street at 407-498-0008.
If you have any St. Cloud news or information that you would like to share, call Lisa Goldmacher at 407- 319-9700 or email lcgold macher@yahoo.com.
