Olive Crest Back-To-School Supply Drive

Helping those less fortunate and giving back to my community are important for me, and something I strive to integrate into my business.

I had personally decided that my business, 123 Easy Websites, would donate supplies for 5 backpacks for Olive Crest, an organization that helps about 200 foster children in our community, among other things.

In addition to making this personal commitment, I organized a back to school drive for Olive Crest and got the meetup group for local volunteer activities in Las Vegas, Acts of Kindness (AOK) involved.

By harnessing the amazing volunteer power of the AOK group and getting others involved, the 5 backpacks worth of supplies I was going to volunteer was multiplied into:

20 Backpacks
75 3-Ring Binders
401 Erasers
99 Pocket Folders
26 packages of Notebook Paper
17 Calculators
12 Tab Index Dividers
42 Rulers
33 Pencil Holders
105 Glue Sticks/Bottles
20 Composition Notebooks
112 Spiral notebooks
4 Watercolor Paint sets
15 Boxes Colored markers
7 Boxes Colored Pencils
14 Pencil Sharpeners
20 Scissors
44 Highlighters
4 Boxes Tissue
4 Individual-Sized Tissue Packages
6 Individual Hand Sanitizers
940 Pencils
3 Progractors
64 Boxes of Crayons (24-pk or larger)
481 Pens
13 Packages of Index Cards
1 Package Graph Paper
3 Permenant Markers
11 Construction Ppaers
1 Stapler
2 Memo Books
9 Packages Post-Its
2 Dry Erase Markers

All I can say is “Wow!”

The power of networking and inviting others to share something you are passionate about is awesome!

I am so happy that so many volunteers stepped up and donated all these additional supplies, and I know that the foster kids at Olive Crest (plus the staff!) are going to be overjoyed to receive all of this.

We are all blessed to be a blessing, and I am glad I could share the information about Olive Crest’s need with AOK and help everyone contribute.