Local residents can help usher kids off to school equipped with the proper supplies by donating now through Sept. 2.

The Salem-Keizer Education Foundation (SKEF) and Salem-Keizer School District have teamed up for "Tools for School," a school supply drive with drop-off sites throughout the area.

SKEF will receive the collection barrels in front of the foundation office during downtown Salem's First Wednesday on Sept. 2. Individuals and businesses are encouraged to donate new school supplies at one of the collection sites below.

Needed supplies include:

Spiral notebooks
Ball point pens
Blank CDs
Composition writers' notebooks
3-ring binder notebook paper

3-ring binders
Computer printer paper
Glue sticks
Scissors
Colored pencils
Markers

Coupons for printer cartridges

Tools for School collection sites:

Hydrosports: 3846 River Rd N, Keizer
Gap Outlet: 1001 N Arney Rd, Woodburn
Banana Republic: 1001 N Arney Rd, Woodburn
YMCA: 685 Court St NE, Salem
Dale's Remodeling: 5514 Commercial St SE, Salem
Amerititle: 320 Church St, Salem
Remax: 1860 Hawthorne Ave NE, Salem
Prudential: 1220 20th St SE, Salem
Salem Hospital: 665 Winter St SE, Salem
Salem Area Chamber Of Commerce: 1110 Commercial St NE, Salem
Keizer Chamber Of Commerce: 980 Chemawa Rd NE, Keizer
Capitol Chevrolet: 25th & Mission St, Salem
State Farm Insurance, Salem Operations Center: 550 Hawthorne Ave SE,
Salem
Salem-Keizer School District Lancaster Prof. Service Bldg: 2450
Lancaster Dr. NE, Salem
Salem-Keizer School District Student Support Services: 2575 Commercial
St. SE, Salem
US Bank Branches:

• Ladd & Bush Office: 302 State St, Salem
• Keizer: 5110 River Rd N, Keizer
• Sunnyslope: 798 Cunningham Ln S, Salem
• University: 1317 State Street Salem, OR 97301, Salem
• West Salem 1110 Wallace Road NW, Salem
• South Salem: 3485 Commercial St SE, Salem
• North Salem: 1940 Fairgrounds Road, Salem
• Center-Lancaster: 3955 Center Street NE, Salem
• Silverton-Lancaster: 3995 Devonshire Ave NE, Salem

Information submitted by Jeff Aeschliman, Vice President of SKEF, 503-463-3829. About Salem-Keizer Education Foundation: www.skeducationfoundation.org.