Community School Supply Drive

The Community Back to School Supply Drive is kicking off! There are many children in our community that need a little help to get their school year started of right. Studies show that children who attend school with the proper supplies are more engaged and do better in school! 

How can you help? Donate supplies. The list is at the bottom of this post. You can donate at Beef O'Brady's in NSB, Denny's Restaurant, Babe James Center and  Vision Fitness on SR 44 next to Firehouse Subs. There will be more donation points and I will update when I get those.

Are you a business that would like to help. 35 backpacks with your logo can be donated for $135.00. Call Tim Hankerson for details on this program. The deadline is August 15th. Tim can be reached at 386-405-8539.

The kickoff for this program is this Saturday, August 1st. Head out to the New Smyrna Beach WalMart and grab some barbecue. Ribs, Pulled Pork, Chicken, and Pulled Chicken will all be available for purchase and all proceeds go to the school supply drive. This is some good stuff. Delicious!

If you have any questions or need more information give Tim a call at 386-405-8539. You all know Tim he is the owner of T's Mobile Services and is all over town detailing cars, trucks and other things. He does a fantastic job every year with this project and there are so many children that benefit! Let's help him out!

School Supply List

Backpacks                            
Rulers                                     
#2 Pencils
Hand Sanitizer                      
College Ruled Paper             
Colored Pencils
Crayons                                 
2 Inch Binders                                
1 ½ Inch Binders
White Out                             
Xerox Paper                                  
Ink Pens
Kleenex                                 
Paper Clips                                     
Glue 
Glue Sticks                            
Erasers                                           
Index Cards
Composition Booklets          
Spiral Notebooks                           
Dry Markers Scissors                               
Highlighters                                    
Flash Cards
Waterproof Markers              
Pocket Calculators                        
Folders               
T-Shirts and Socks                
Dictionaries                                   
Wipes                        
Pencil Sharpeners

Back to School Tax Free Shopping

Just in time for Back to School purchases, the State of Florida will once again be participating in the Sales Tax Holiday Weekend.

The 2014 Tax Free Shopping dates are August 1 through August 3rd. For three days Florida stores will offer discounts to all shoppers – Florida residents, and visitors to the state. The tax holiday begins on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 12:01am and continues until Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 11:59pm.

 

The Sales Tax Holiday is designed help out with the cost of school supplies and clothing, but is not limited to purchases for children. Items that are included in the list include:

• Clothing
• Footwear
• Certain clothing accessories
• Certain school supplies
• Personal computers and certain related accessories

Here is the publication from the Department of Revenue with all the details.

Happy Shopping!

 

Gifts of Love

The Gifts of Love back to school program is collecting school supplies thru August 17th to distribute to local children. Drop off donations at 223 Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach. Call 423-5257 for more information.

Back to school information:

NSB Middle School Summer Newsletter - open house dates etc.

Go to the Schools page on the Volusia County Schools website - find your school, they have all been updated with information on orientation, open houses, meet the teacher etc.

Back To School~Sunday Stumble

Woohooo. It is back to school for those of us in Volusia County tomorrow. Not a moment too soon. I work at home so back to school is very exciting for me...

Last week we made the open house rounds...my son attends a private Christian School, this is his first year mixed in with the older kids. They have 7-12th grade in one building and I think he is a little nervous. We met the teachers, got his schedule, happily one of his 6th grade teachers is now teaching 7th grade, he is also a good friend and attends our church. I feel pretty certain he will keep one eye and his thumb on him.

My daughter is in 5th grade, not sure how that happened, yesterday she was in Kindergarten. She was thrilled to learn she got the teacher she wanted, who also was her teacher in 3rd grade. This is excellent on two levels. This teacher knows me....I don't do field trips, class parties or anything related to more than 5 children in any confined space at a time. I would rather pull out my fingernails with needle nose pliers. I know my limitations.....and so does she. She handed me her wish list of things to do and get "outside" the classroom. I love this woman!

Here are some interesting "back to school" Mom Blogs for your first day of school eve enjoyment!

White Trash Mom - scroll down to the back to school posts, she is hysterical!

Simple Mom Blog

Show Me The Mom

Enjoy the week...and the peace!