Hamilton County Council Of PTAs Offers Free Shopping Day For Teachers

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Hamilton County Council of PTAs (HCC of PTAs) will offer another shopping day at the Teacher Supply Depot this Saturday. It will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m or until school supplies are gone. The Teacher Supply Depot is located inside the old Mary Ann Garber School at 2225 Roanoke Avenue.

More than 200 teachers who are members of Hamilton County public school PTAs have signed up to "shop for free" to help stock their classrooms to help their students.

This year, there are thousands of dollars worth of school supplies in the Teacher Supply Depot, thanks to the United Way of Greater Chattanooga's "Stuff the Bus" school supply drive.

The HCC of PTAs gathers donations from local businesses and the public to stock the

Teacher Supply Depot. Donations are always needed and they are tax deductible.

Below is a list of top 50 items the Teacher Supply Depot needs to help Hamilton County public school educators and students. Items in bulk are always appreciated.

1. Wood pencils (no plastic coating)

2. White copy paper

3. Crayola markers

4. Crayola crayons

5. Dry erase markers

6. Hand sanitizer

7. Kleenex

8. Index cards

9. Paper towels

10. Post-it notes

11. Freezer bags (gallon, quart, sandwich size)

12. Colored pencils