
With the new school year around the corner, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. is urging Queens residents to donate backpacks and other school supplies to children in need
Donations of new backpacks and other school supplies will be accepted now through Thursday, September 1 at Queens Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens. Donations will be accepted 24/7 on the first floor of Borough Hall in a box located just inside the front entrance in the main lobby.
We’re accepting No. 2 pencils, pencil cases, pencil sharpeners, crayons, pens, colored pencils, washable markers, Elmer’s glue, glue sticks, composition notebooks, 1.5-inch and 1-inch binders, ruled paper, safety scissors, rulers, pocket folders and erasers.
Donations dropped off at Queens Borough Hall are anonymous and are not tax-deductible.