School Supply Drive

Local students benefiting from UB's School Supply Drive.

At the start of every new school year the Office of Community Relations works with offices and departments campus-wide to collect new school supplies that are then donated to schools throughout the City of Buffalo.

School Supply Drive 2023

The Office of Community Relations greatly values your support for our annual school supply drive. However, as we navigate the logistics of our department's move back to Allen and the challenges of being between spaces, we have made the difficult decision to take a year off from the drive. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and eagerly anticipate resuming this vital initiative with your continued support next year. For those who have supplies they are looking to donate in Summer 2023, we recommend contacting The Teacher’s Desk

About the drive

A very popular initiative on campus, the School Supply Drive involves partnership with over 40 departments and collects over 17 thousand items provided by our generous employees. Our office distributes the supplies to elementary and middle schools in the City of Buffalo.

Supplies needed

Please note: No slightly used or opened supplies can be accepted due to public health concerns.

Needed supplies contributed by our employees include:

Tissues; disinfecting wipes and other cleaning supplies; large book bags; plastic-coated folders; crayons, colored pencils and lead pencils; composition notebooks; scissors; glue sticks and bottles of glue; hand sanitizer; gallon-size plastic bags; pocket folders; wipe-off markers; earphones; pink erasers; rulers; different color highlighters; index cards; clipboards; folders with prongs; hand soap; notebook paper; basic calculators; 1.2-2 inch binders; packs of dividers; pencil sharpeners; pocket dictionaries; container for supplies; pens; removable drives; organizers/planners; graphing calculators; and scientific calculators.

Interested in participating?

Please click the button below to sign up your office or department to participate in the drive.