Tools for School donations accepted

Jeff Taylor is ready to accept donations of school supplies for Sisters kids. photo by Jim Mitchell Sisters' Les Schwab Taylor Tire Center has an empty truck-bed tool box. It needs to be filled with supplies for school-age children, grades K-12.

Sisters Family Access Network (FAN) is overseeing the collection of supplies for needy youth in our community. Especially needed are college ruled notebook paper and spiral notebooks. Other requested supplies include pencils, glue sticks, Kleenex, waterless hand sanitizer and more. Sisters Elementary School's "Student Supply Needs" for 2004-05 lists 15 to 20 items for each grade.

This is the third year for the donation program.

Theresa Slavkovsky, Director of FAN, said that about 40 students received supplies at the beginning of each of the last two years, with 20 more during the school years.

FAN coordinates the initial distribution and supplies materials to students at teachers' requests through the rest of the year.

Donations will also be accepted at the FAN office or call FAN at 549-0155 for pickup.

The FAN office is now located at Sisters Middle School.