Faith House conducts the "Load the Bus" school supply drive on Thursday, July 22.
In addition to providing safe housing, food, clothing, health screening and a host of other things, Lafayette’s Faith House is conducting a school supply drive this week. On Thursday, July 22, The Faith House is asking for donations of various school supplies to their Load the Bus drive, which seeks to fill an entire bus with school materials for kids in the coming year. The drop off spot for supplies will be the Fairfield Inn & Suites from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. on July 22. Look for the school bus parked in the parking lot.
Fairfield Inn & Suites
1606 West Pinhook Rd.
Lafayette, LA 70508
233-5558
Some of the supplies needed are:
Notebooks – 1, 3, & 5 subject
Marble composition books
Booksacks (non-rolling)
Pens – black, blue, and red ink only
Pencils
Erasers
Markers
Pencil Sharpeners
3-ring binders
Wide ruled loose leaf paper
Pencil bags
Scissors
Rulers
Pocket folders
Manila folders
Dry erase markers
Glue sticks
Highlighters
Water color paints
Construction paper
Kleenex
Paper towels
No bottled glue, please… we already have so much of this!
Faith House is a private, non-profit program for survivors of domestic violence and their children. The program has five components: a shelter, a non-residential program, an outreach program, a 24-hour crisis line and a public education program. Our 45-bed facility accepts female victims of domestic violence and their minor children.
Faith House receives funding from the Governor’s Office on Women’s Policy, United Way of Acadiana, United Way of St. Landry, federal and state governments, the Lafayette Consolidated Government, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, the Louisiana Bar Foundation, and individuals, businesses and groups from the community.
If you would like more information about Faith House of Acadiana’s emergency shelter and the other domestic violence help services and programs we provide, please call us at 337-232-8954 or email us at
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