McPHERSON, Kan. — McPherson EMS held their school supply drive over the weekend, and they did better than hoped – a lot better.
They had a goal to fill seven Walmart shopping carts, but by the time they finished they doubled the total amount of items collected in 2024. 2,870 items were donated along with $300 in cash donations to support the McPherson School Supply Train.
School Supplies Collected:
- 115 packs of #2 pencils
- 7 packs of mechanical pencils
- 68 scissors
- 166 packs of glue sticks
- 514 packs of crayons
- 190 packs of markers
- 68 packs of highlighters
- 49 packs of expo markers
- 179 glue bottles
- 46 boxes of Kleenex
- 96 pencil bags/boxes
- 196 packs of colored pencils
- 14 headphones
- 181 packs of pink erasers
- 24 backpacks
- 324 notebooks
- 7 packs of paper
- 16 composition notebooks
- 46 packs of sharpies
- 196 folders
- 16 binders
- 37 hand sanitizers
- 51 containers of Clorox wipes
- 41 deodorants
- 109 pencil top erasers
- 102 pencil sharpeners
- 4 packs of pens
- 5 rulers
