SOUTHGATE, Mich. – It’s time to help kids get ready for the upcoming school year with a school supply drive!
For our August Go 4 It event, we wanted to help more children start the school year off right.
We were at the Walmart at 14900 Dix Toledo Road in Southgate on Aug. 14, to collect donations.
We collected more than 6,600 school supplies -- backpacks, colored pencils, notebooks, and much more.
The Salvation Army Downriver Corp is sorting the items, and they will be given out during a distribution event Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Parents must bring their children and proof that they’ll be attending school. You must also live in a downriver community. The full list of eligible ZIP codes is here:
- 48101
- 48122
- 48134
- 48138
- 48146
- 48173
- 48180
- 48183
- 48192
- 48193
- 48195
- 48217
- 48218
- 48229
Here are the supplies that are needed most:
- #2 pencils
- Backpacks
- Ballpoint pens
- Calculators
- Cap erasers
- Cleaning wipes
- Colored pencils
- Colored markers
- Composition books
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Dry erase markers
- Erasers
- Erasable pens
- Flash cards
- Glue sticks
- Hand sanitizer
- Highlighters
- Index cards
- Loose-lined paper
- Paint sets
- Pencil sharpeners
- Planners
- Pocket folders
- Post-it notes
- Printing paper
- Rulers
- Safety scissors
- Scotch tape
- Spiral notebooks
- Three-ring binders
- Thumb drives
- Tissues
- Washable markers
- White glue
- White out
If you need help with school supplies, go to the Salvation Army Downriver Corps Community Center in Wyandotte (1258 Biddle Ave, Wyandotte, MI 48192) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Aug. 27. Bring the children who need the supplies, along with proof that they’re in school.