School supply drive returns to help North Texas families
Donations for All Community Outreach’s drive end July 29, while Chase Oaks hosts its back-to-school event Aug. 8. Families are budgeting against nearly $900 in school shopping.
All Community Outreach is taking school supply donations through July 29, and Chase Oaks Church will host its annual back-to-school event on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Empower’s 2025 back-to-school research put shopping at almost $900 per household, while U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show consumer prices for back-to-school spending were rising.
At Chase Oaks, donors can shop from a supply list, fill a backpack or volunteer to help families and teachers at partner schools. The church’s “We’ve Got Your Back” effort aims to give those schools a strong start, and the donation list stretches well beyond notebooks and pencils to include new backpacks, 3-ring binders, earbuds or headphones, pencil boxes, composition books, colored construction paper, spiral notebooks, tissues, notebook paper, disinfectant wipes, markers, folders, hand sanitizer, erasers, highlighters, crayons, index cards, pens, scissors, watercolors and other classroom basics.
All Community Outreach’s Fill the Bus effort includes drop-off points at 801 E. Main Street in Allen, Credit Union of Texas Event Center at 200 E. Stacy Road, and Chick-fil-A Allen at 350 E. Stacy Road. First United Methodist Church of Allen is also hosting a July 12-27 supply drive in its West Parking Lot and Atrium at 601 S. Greenville Ave.
Collin County’s nonprofit response also includes longer-running programs. The School Supply Project in Plano was organized in February 1986 to provide supplies for students whose parents cannot afford them, and in 2025 it supplied more than 900 students in Plano ISD and other area schools. The Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County annually organizes a Back to School Drive for children and families in need, and its pickup instructions ask donors to leave labeled bags or boxes by the front door or front driveway so a driver can collect them and leave a tax receipt. United Way of Metropolitan Dallas keeps a resource page listing school-supply help for North Texas families.
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