First of all, let me apologize for not keeping the website updated as we progressed through this year’s campaign. We are going to be uploading a series of posts throughout the next few weeks entitled, “Stories from 2009″  – that will catch you up on all the highlights, videos, and pictures from this year.

The good news is that we were busier than ever (i.e., part of the reason the web updates have been slow) – collecting around 9000 lbs of usable supplies!! I can’t wait to see how much positive change we can bring to our local and global community through these supplies!!

Here is a picture of around 20 bins full of supplies from just one school. . . just part of the over 300 bins collected this year. 

We have since sorted through everything, and it is now time to distribute those supplies to local charities. The distribution days are happening this Friday (19th) and Saturday (20th) between 9am-2pm. All distribution is on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis – hope to see you there!!  Here is the Media alert sent out this week to the local media outlets:

greenLockers to distribute new and slightly used school supplies
and clothes to local charities for FREE

WHAT:
The new and slightly used school supplies, clothes and workbooks collected this year by greenLockers will be available for distribution to local charities. The collection of supplies from 17 local school’s “locker clean-out days” totals nearly 9,000 pounds and has already been sorted and organized based on quality and function. All supplies are FREE for those charitable organizations that come to the distribution days after filling out an application at the Web site www.greenlockers.org under the “wishlist application tab.” Supplies will ONLY be given to individuals representing charitable organizations. Distribution of the supplies will occur on a first come/first serve basis.

WHY:

There is tremendous need right now in our area on many levels and too often that may result in community organizations being under resourced. These distribution days provide an opportunity for local charities, who already are connected with the needs in our community, to get some basic materials for FREE.

WHEN:
Friday June 19 and Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

WHERE:

Our warehouse located at 2600 Marina Drive in Elkhart, Indiana – just West of the intersection of CR6 and CR 15.

WHO:
greenLockers is a non-profit organization that was founded by Dr. Ted Bryant in the Spring of 2006. greenLockers resources students locally, nationally, and internationally through the distribution of school supplies. New and slightly-used school supplies (and clothes) are collected from area schools during their year-end locker clean-out days. In this way, greenLockers not only facilitates education, but it also enables students to help build community, gain courage, and break out of cycles of poverty that they may have been stuck in for generations.

Slogan:

Equipping students…moving the world forward