The director of Junction City-  Geary County United Way, Aileen Cray, had a good day with the Stuff the Bus school supply collection on Saturday.  The bus where school supplies for children in USD 475 were deposited was parked outside of Walmart.

“It’s gone really really well. In fact I’m running out of boxes so that’s a good sign. That means I’ve just about stuffed the bus.” During the last hour of the collection Cray noted between 24 and 28 boxes were full of school supplies.

During the public collection day members of the public could purchase school supplies and drop them off for later distribution to children for the upcoming school year. “People have just been so kind. They really really have.”

Some of the supplies that could be donated in larger quantities include such things as Clorox wipes, big stacks of kleenex’s, ziploc bags, large bottles of hand sanitizers.

Donors can make financial contributions to Stuff the Bus.

There will be another public collection day next Saturday, Aug. 8 outside of Walmart on East Chestnut Street.  Donors can also drop off supplies during the week at other locations during the week including Central National Bank locations, Community Corrections, Exchange Bank sites, Geary Community Hospital, Intrust Bank, KS State Bank, Landmark National Bank, Meritrust Credit Union, Millennium Bank, Sunflower Bank and the United Way office.  You can drop off school supplies at those sites during regular business hours.