Rappahannock Plant A Row

During August the Food Pantry will collect school supplies for children who need them. We’re looking for: glue sticks, pencils, pencil boxes, pencil sharpeners, black and blue pens, black and white composition notebooks, one-subject spiral notebooks, lined loose leaf paper, binders, crayons, crayola-type markers, art supplies, rulers, scissors, book bags or backpacks, lunch boxes, calculators, scotch tape, highlighters, index cards and index card boxes, dictionaries, reference books, maps and globes, and musical instruments.  These school supplies can be new or gently used.  Hand sanitizers and kleenex would also be useful for our students.

This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (August 6, 7, and 8), Virginia has a sales tax holiday for purchases of school supplies and clothing.  During this sales tax holiday, there is no sales tax on purchases of qualifying school supplies that cost $20 or less per item.  Details about the sales tax holiday for school supplies and clothing are at:

http://www.tax.virginia.gov/site.cfm?alias=SchoolSuppliesAndClothingHoliday

Please bring school supplies contributions to the Food Pantry at 603 Mt. Salem Ave. in Washington on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-4 and Saturdays from 9-2. Call the Pantry with questions at 675-1177.

Thanks for helping!