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art supplies(misc) 51 lbs.
binders 791 lbs
bookbags 106 lbs
books & assignment books 146 lbs
colored pencils 73 lbs
composition books 1,085 lbs
crayons 417 lbs
folders 113 lbs
glue 151 lbs
locker supplies (shelves, etc.) 9 lbs
loose leaf notebook paper 266 lbs
lunch boxes 20 lbs
markers 161 lbs
math supplies 27 lbs
misc. office supplies 89 lbs notebook dividers 14 lbs
organizers (pencil boxes, etc.) 99 lbs
paper (art) 36 lbs
paper (elem. writing) 14 lbs
paper (graph) 33 lbs
pencil erasers 23 lbs
pencil sharpeners 6 lbs
pens and pencils 86 lbs
spiral notebooks 1,215 lbs
*recycled paper 195 lbs
5,321 total pounds
donated
2002 data chart (PDF)
During May and June, 2002, MCPS elementary,
middle and high schools collected school supplies. During the summer
at Montgomery Village Middle School, a student group of volunteers
sorted, weighed and boxed the supplies. After the celebration program
on July 22, 2002, schools, Linkages to Learning, YMCA, Montgomery
County Recreation Department, and many other organizations, picked
up the supplies.
791 pound of binders were donated.
This represents 40 pounds of scissors!
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