The Salvation Army and KETV Collect School Supplies for Children in Need

The Salvation Army (www.salarmyomaha.org) is teaming up with KETV to collect new school supplies through Tuesday, August 10 for The Salvation Army 7 Can Help Kids Back to School Backpack Program. Backpacks, spiral notebooks, erasers, glue, crayons, colored pencils, folders, pens, pencils, hand sanitizer, tissues, rulers, and other supplies can be placed in the blue collection barrels at select Methodist Health System, Metro Credit Union, and Salvation Army locations. Donations can also be dropped off all day on

Wednesday, August 4, at a collection event at Methodist Women’s Hospital. For a complete list of collection locations, or to make a monetary donation that will be used to purchase new school supplies, go to salarmybacktoschool.org.

Backpacks and school supplies will be distributed to school-age children on Friday, August 13, and Saturday, August 14, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Salvation Army North Corps and Kroc Center and on August 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Westroads Mall (in the parking lot north of JC Penny). Children need to be present with families to receive a backpack and school supplies.

Since The Salvation Army’s Back to School Backpack Program was launched in 1998, more than 211,000 local children have been helped, including more than 11,000 children in 2020. For more information, visit www.salarmyomaha.org.