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Summer Member Soiree and Back to School Drive

  • Portsmouth Women's City Club 375 Middle Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 United States (map)

Join us for our Summer Member Social and Back to School Drive event! This event will be on Thursday August 4th from 6-8pm with a rain date of Friday August 5th. Our Back to School Drive items will go to the Back to School Backpack Giveaway which will be held at the Greenleaf Recreation Center in Portsmouth. Operation Blessing is leading this initiative, their goal is to provide the 250+ children ages K-12 who live at Gosling Meadows and Wamesit Place with school supplies for the upcoming year. Below is the list of items we will be collecting. We will also be accepting donations on Saturday August 6th from 10am-12pm at the PWCC. Thank you for your support!

Requested items include:

  • Teen Backpacks

  • Lunch boxes

  • Single subject notebooks

  • Dividers

  • College lined paper

  • Wide ruled paper

  • Folders

  • Binders- 2-3 inch

  • Protractors

  • Little staplers/staples

  • Scientific calculators (sold at 5 Below)

  • Pens, blue, red and black ink

  • Magic markers

  • Crayons

  • Colored pencils

  • Paint sets

  • Scissors for all ages

  • Glue sticks

  • White out

  • Rulers

  • Index cards

  • Pencil boxes/pouches

  • Small hand sanitizer

  • Tissues

Earlier Event: July 7
Sip n' Shop
Later Event: August 6
Back to School Drive