July 25 - August 19
Many New Jersey children face the prospect of arriving at their first day
of school this September without the most basic of school supplies. In
order to address this, the AMI Foundation is launching its 8th Annual
“Tools For School” supply drive, now through August 19th.
There are many children right here in our own communities who are not
properly prepared for their return to school, simply because they lack
the basic supplies like pencils and paper. We invite the community to
join us in donating much-needed school supplies, and thus help provide
these children with an equal opportunity at a quality education.
The AMI Foundation has placed blue collection baskets in the reception
areas of all eleven AMI office locations in Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth
and Ocean Counties. The list of requested school supplies includes pencils,
erasers, spiral notebooks, pocket folders, crayons, colored markers, colored
pencils, glue sticks, highlighters and soft pencil cases. Many of these
supplies can be purchased at deep discounts at the area’s large
retailers, such as WalMart and Target.
As in years past, the AMI Foundation has also purchased book bags to accompany
the school supply donations. Once the drive is complete, the collected
supplies and book bags will be delivered to elementary schools throughout
the area in late August. To date, the AMI Foundation has donated nearly
2,000 book bags to area school children in need.