Mark it on the calendar now, because in a couple weeks a very specific yellow school bus is going to show up at eight spots around metro Atlanta, and it’s going to want your help.
Stuff the Bus rolls back into town Saturday, July 25 — the 23rd year running for this partnership between WSB-TV Channel 2, The Family2Family Project, and the Children’s Restoration Network (C.R.N.). The mission hasn’t changed since it started: get backpacks stuffed with age-appropriate school supplies into the hands of kids in foster care and group homes before the first bell rings.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that Saturday, you can roll up to one of eight “bus stops” around the metro and hand off your donation in person — no shipping, no hassle, just drop and go. Two confirmed locations so far: Channel 2 itself at 1601 West Peachtree Street NE in Midtown, and Delta Community Credit Union at 285 Center Pointe Parkway in Stockbridge.
Can’t make it out that Saturday? You’re not off the hook — there’s an online donation option too, through a partnership with the United Way of Greater Atlanta.
Twenty-three years is a long run for anything. For a program built entirely on metro Atlanta showing up with backpacks and school supplies year after year, it says something about this city.
WHERE TO DONATE IN PERSON ON JULY 25:
Donors will find a yellow school bus with a #StufftheBus banner at these eight Family 2 Family locations:
- Channel 2, WSB-TV: 1601 West Peachtree Street NE, Midtown
- Delta Community Credit Union: 285 Center Pointe Pkwy, Stockbridge, GA 30281
- Wellstar Cherokee Health Park: 1120 Wellstar Way, Holly Springs, GA 30114
- Wellstar East Cobb Health Park: 3747 Roswell Road NE, Marietta 30062
- Kroger: 3895 Cherokee Street, Kennesaw 30144
- Kroger: 2875 North Decatur Road, Decatur 30033
- Kroger: 6555 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth 30097
- Kroger: 3425 Cascade Road SW, Atlanta 30311
WHAT TO DONATE
New youth and adult backpacks, pencils, pens, markers, crayons, mechanical pencils, planners, erasers and rulers, small calculators, spiral notebooks, glue sticks highlighters, pencil sharpeners and boxes, pocket folders and three ring binders, index cards and safety scissors.
