Community Calendar Event
School Tools 4 Kids
Enjoy a free outdoor concert and help kids go back to school
Bands will play throughout the afternoon on the patio of Capital Brewery for this family-friendly event open to the public. Thanks to Bob Hoot, owner of Hoot Communications and lead guitarist and vocals for Tent Show Troubadours, for organizing the event benefiting WayForward. The Tent Show Troubadors will perform, along with Bing Bong, whose 2021 single, Faces, was named the Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) overall Song of the Year. We will collect school supplies and monetary donations for WayForward to use to fill backpacks for kids in our community.
Items we need this year include:
- Backpacks – including extra large (XL), sturdy backpacks for high school students
- Dry erase markers
- Crayola thin or wide markers – 10 pk
- Pink erasers and pencil tip erasers
- #2 pencils
- Pencil sharpeners
- Pens
- Highlighters
- Composition notebooks, wide and college ruled
- Spiral notebooks, wide and college ruled, assorted colors
- Binders and binder dividers
- Poly pocket folders without prongs – assorted colors
- Earbuds
- Headphones
- Loose leaf paper, wide and college ruled
- Graph paper- loose leaf and notebooks
- Crayola colored pencils – 12 pk
- Crayola crayons, 24 pack
- Watercolor paints
- Post-it notes – 3×3
- Ruled index cards 3×5
- Sharpies (black), ultra-fine and fine
- Protractors & compasses
- Glue and glue sticks
- Pencil pouches and boxes
Thank you for supporting WayForward’s Back to School Program!