Back to School Event Registration Closes Aug. 17; Donations Needed

Registration is under way for the annual Shoreline Back To School event, which provides school supplies, hair cuts, and clothing assistance to Shoreline School District families with low incomes and/ or circumstances that make it challenging to adequately prepare their children for school. To register for the August 25 event, visit the Back To School Consortium Web site, www.btsconsortium.org or call the information line at 206-393-4916.

The event will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 25 at the North City building, 816 N.E. 190th, Shoreline. Registration closes Friday, August 17.

Donations of backpacks, school supplies, hygiene products, socks, underwear and books can be made at locations throughout Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. 

Donation Locations for School Supplies

http://www.btsconsortium.org/dropboxmap.html

Financial donations are also welcome and may be mailed to or dropped off at the Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave. N.E., Shoreline, WA 98155.

Donation Information

http://www.btsconsortium.org/donate.html

In 2011, more than 1,000 students received needed school supplies and clothing at the Back to School Consortium event.

Back to School Consortium Members include the Center for Human Services; City of Shoreline; Dale Turner Family YMCA; Hopelink; Ronald United Methodist Church; Lake Forest Park Rotary; Shoreline Breakfast Rotary; Shoreline Community Care; The Works of Shoreline PTA Council; Shoreline School District and the Readiness to Learn Program; Turning Point; and The Vineyard.