Atlanta vs P-Funk TV - From Suspect To Prospect

He is many things, he is many things. He’s a hell raiser. He's a writer and now… he’s a Actor! From Suspect To Prospect is a 2013 one-man show, adapted by Adrian Collins. The play is based on his autobiography written in 2007. It is notable for only having one actor perform the whole play. Adrian Collins is a playwright and actor from Plainfield, New Jersey. He is the author of the plays From Suspect To Prospect part 1 (one-man) 35 min., From Suspect To Prospect part 2 (w/11-characters) 45 min., and Deadly Divas and Dolla$ (with 100-characters) 90 minutes, based on his autobiography and he created an entirely new class of urban literature under the pseudonym of Rocmond Jones. Traditionally, the plays are divided into the genres of history and tragedy. 7-time author Adrian Collins will perform his one-man show for the third time Saturday April 1, 2017 at Atlanta-Fulton Public Library from 4-5pm. The play offers a rare, personal look inside the life and mind of one of the most feared men coming out of Plainfield, New Jersey. How to get tickets or for booking: Contact Mr. Publisher at 404.901.2915 or visit the site at FromSuspectToProspect.com

  

From Suspect To Prospect (FS2P), "the brand." The 11-character stage play available on DVD is a spin-off of the one-man stage play, of the same name. The stage play series is an adaption of the book, From Suspect To Prospect: Life and Times of Adrian Collins, and audio book. The stage play is based on the book and seven (7) genre-letters that include Inspirational, Betrayal, Domestic, Deceit, Gossip, Poetry and Gospel. The book has also been adapted into films and a television (drama) series. To gorilla market the FS2P brand, the 2017 stage play tour is promoted through 100,000 FS2P flyers, a specially designed one dollar fundraising (development) product created by Adrian Collins. The FS2P project also includes a Documentary-film, Atlanta vs P-Funk radio-vlog talk television program (w/2-CD Soundtrack), and a magazine series that supporters the (3-season) television series. Each magazine features a writer who has written a book, inspired by other writers’ story, every episode for the FS2P television (drama) series is a screenplay adapted by the book, of the same name.  

Stage Play Description:

 After two months of his release from jail, Adrian Collins (aka A-G), a well-known gangster from Plainfield, NJ, gets shot 5 times from behind and then sentenced to five years back in prison. When he goes to East Jersey State Prison lock-up, A-G gets a reality check while reading a letter sent from his old head named Goldy, the leader of their street gang currently serving a 27-year sentence in the same prison.

Once Goldy tells him a long-time enemy wrote a book based on their old war stories, A-G takes a trip down memory lane which causes him to reflect on his life and what he’s been through. After a spiritual awakening and reality sets in, A-G then becomes inspired to write his autobiography (From Suspect To Prospect), however, that one book turns into 3 books in four months. - 35 min. Inspirational. 

Mission

To embrace, enrich, educate and entertain children and their families, within the Plainfield area, through its commitment to a unique, quality theatre program.

Benefit

The seeds planted here will not only help them in their lifetimes, but bear fruit for the following generation. Their children will now have a fairer chance at success in America and their piece of the American Pie.

Price

Tickets to see FS2P stage play are $1 (value $20) with the flyers. For those making a $20 pledge for a stage play ticket receive a book (value $19.95), From Suspect To Prospect: Life and Times of Adrian Collins, and the 11-character stage play on DVD (value $10). They save $30. For 5,000 flyers that cost $100, our intent for the first month in the Atlanta, Georgia area for 7 days and 7 nights is to draw 5,000 to the events. For the books we pay $3,000 a for 5,000 book run ($0.60 per unit), or $1,500 for books for 1, 000. Books are $10 (street value). All FS2P flyers and stage play tickets are free for KIDS with a paying parent.

Pricing: 

1. Tickets are $1 (value $20).
2. Books (autobiography) are $19.95.
3. DVDs (11-character) are $10. 

Push-Marketing

Push strategy

A push promotional strategy involves taking the product directly to the customer via whatever means, ensuring the customer is aware of your brand at the point of purchase.

"Taking the product to the customer"

FS2P tactics

• Trade show promotions to encourage retailer demand
• Direct selling to customers in showrooms or face to face
• Negotiation with retailers to stock your product
• Efficient supply chain allowing retailers an efficient supply
• Packaging design to encourage purchase
• Point of sale displays

Side A – 5,000 FS2P stage play $1 (one dollar) flyers to promote the stage play tickets that cost $20 (value $100,000), they are used for our street promotion team to draw 5,000 to the event. Side A is designed to target those looking to make a $1 pledge.

Side B – 5,000 FS2P stage play flyers advertising the ticket, book and DVD are up for those making a $20 pledge (value $50). The value of 5,000 FS2P stage play tickets, books and DVDs are $100,000.  

Pull-Marketing

Pull strategy

A pull strategy involves motivating customers to seek out your brand in an active process.

"Getting the customer to come to you"

FS2P pull tactics

• Advertising and mass media promotion
• Word of mouth referrals
• Customer relationship management
• Sales promotions and discounts

Advertising and Sponsorship

Sponsorship

FS2P Theatre is the number one year-round attraction in Union County and Fulton County. Last year, attendance for our Main Stage shows average 3,000. Sponsoring a show ensures that your brand is front and center for everyone who sees that particular show. Additionally, your brand is included in all of our advertising – internet, print, and radio throughout Union County (New Jersey) and Fulton County (Georgia). Our sponsors’ inclusion in those ads gives them exposure in markets where they might otherwise never be seen. For sponsors whose package includes a listing on the marquee, we guarantee it will be in place no less than one week prior to the show opening and then throughout the entire show run – that’s at least a month’s worth of ad placement in our premium downtown location. Show sponsorship also entitles you to a block of tickets for your Sponsor Night. Use them to entertain clients, bring a big group of friends, donate them to a local charity to use as a fundraiser. Whatever you come up with, we’ll do our best to accommodate.

The cutoff for sponsorships is January 31, 2017. For more information, please contact the SF2P Theatre’s Director of Marketing & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915, or send by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com.

PLAYBILL ADVERTISING

The 2017-18 Main Stage Season Playbill will be made available to every theatre patron that attends a show. Our annual print run is 100,000. Inclusion in the playbill gets your brand in front of our audience at every show throughout the season. Our average patron is 55 years old with discretionary income. Patrons come from as far as 70 miles to attend shows at the FS2P. 

Back Cover (Color) - $2,500

Inside Front - $1,500

Inside Back - $1,500

Full Page - $1,000

Half Page - $625

¼ Page - $400

1/8 Page - $225

If you require assistance with the construction of your ad, we’ll create it for it at no additional cost. Deadline for inclusion in the 2017-/18 Playbill is January 31, 2017. For more information, please contact the FS2P Theatre’s Director of Marketing & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915, or send by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com.

SMALL BUSINESS PACKAGE

For business owners interested in maximizing their return from advertising with the Suspect To Prospect, we’ve constructed the Small Business Package. For a $1000 investment, you’ll receive 3 fully flexible season tickets (21 total) and a half page ad in the 2017/18 playbill for each of the seven productions.

SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP

Throughout the year, the FS2P hosts an array of special events – primarily concerts, that offer sponsorship opportunities for the local businesses and organizations. Sponsorship packages are negotiated and build to fit the needs of the production and budget of the sponsor. If you’d like more information on sponsoring a special event, please contact the FS2P Theatre Director of Marketing & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915, or by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com. 

ATLANTA vs P-FUNK SPONSORSHIP

For one day, Atlanta, Georgia and Plainfield, New Jersey will become the center of the music universe. June 24, 2017, two downtown stages will play host to over a dozen bands at Atlanta vs P-Funk. Headlining will funk icons, George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, who have been entertaining crowds across the world for over 50 years. They hold a special place in the hearts of Plainfielders for their appearances as “P-Funk Band” since 1950’s. The P-Funk Band are also known for over 40 hits. They are considered to be pioneers of the Funk-genre, and they directly influenced artists such as Doctor Dre and their musical influence can also be heard in rhythm and blues, soul, electronica, gospel, jazz, and new wave. Rounding out the Coca Cola Stage lineup are the P-Funk Band & DJ Cheese.

In Cedar Brook Park (Plainfield) and Woodruff Park (Atlanta), the P-Funk’s Music Stage will feature an eclectic mix of artists from around the region. The lineup includes Atlanta vs Plainfield & The Family. There will be plenty to eat and drink, highlighted by tents featuring the “Beer Company and Beer Creek Brews.” Tickets are $20. Gates will open at 10am, and the show will run from 10:30am to 6pm. Guests are invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

The intent is for this year is to draw 100,000 to the event. In future year’s we’d like this to become a multi-day festival with additional stages. Sponsorships for this year’s Atlanta vs P-Funk are available at two levels.

$2,500 – Businesses will be included in all advertising (radio, magazine, newspaper, and online media). Each business will have a 5 foot full-color banner hung from the roof of one of the buildings adjacent to the Coca Cola Main Stage. Businesses will receive 10 tickets to dispose of as they see fit. Businesses will also be given right of first refusal and guaranteed the $2,500 prime sponsorship rate for the next three years. 

$1,000 -  Each business will have a 5 foot full-color banner hung from the roof of one of the buildings adjacent to the Coca Cola Main Stage. Businesses will receive 10 tickets to dispose of as they see fit. Businesses will also be given right of first refusal and guaranteed the $1,000 secondary sponsorship rate for the next three years.

If you’d like more information on sponsoring Atlanta vs Plainfield, please contact the FS2P Theatre’s Director & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915 or by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com. 

Atlanta vs P-Funk TV - From Suspect To Prospect

Marketing Plan 

FS2P Stage Play

  

From Suspect To Prospect (FS2P), "the brand." The 11-character stage play available on DVD is a spinoff of the one-man stage play, of the same name. The stage play series is an adaption of the book, From Suspect To Prospect: Life and Times of Adrian Collins, and audiobook. The stage play is based on the book and seven (7) genre-letters that include Inspirational, Betrayal, Domestic, Deceit, Gossip, Poetry and Gospel. The book has also been adapted into films and a television (drama) series.

To gorilla market the FS2P brand, the 2017 stage play tour is promoted through 100,000 FS2P flyers, a specially designed one dollar fundraising (development) product created by Adrian Collins. The FS2P project also includes a Documentary-film, Atlanta vs P-Funk radio-vlog talk television program (w/2-CD Soundtrack), and a magazine series that supporters the (3-season) television series. Each magazine features a writer who has written a book, inspired by other writers’ story, every episode for the FS2P television (drama) series is a screenplay adapted by the book, of the same name.

  

Stage Play Description:

 After two months of his release from jail, Adrian Collins (aka A-G), a well-known gangster from Plainfield, NJ, gets shot 5 times from behind and then sentenced to five years back in prison. When he goes to East Jersey State Prison lock-up, A-G gets a reality check while reading a letter sent from his old head named Goldy, the leader of their street gang currently serving a 27-year sentence in the same prison.

Once Goldy tells him a long-time enemy wrote a book based on their old war stories, A-G takes a trip down memory lane which causes him to reflect on his life and what he’s been through. After a spiritual awakening and reality sets in, A-G then becomes inspired to write his autobiography (From Suspect To Prospect), however, that one book turns into 3 books in four months. - 35 min. Inspirational. 

Mission

To embrace, enrich, educate and entertain children and their families, within the Plainfield area, through its commitment to a unique, quality theatre program.

Benefit

The seeds planted here will not only help them in their lifetimes, but bear fruit for the following generation. Their children will now have a fairer chance at success in America and their piece of the American Pie.

Price 

Tickets to see FS2P stage play are $1 (value $20) with the flyers. For those making a $20 pledge for a stage play ticket receive a book (value $19.95), From Suspect To Prospect: Life and Times of Adrian Collins, and the 11-character stage play on DVD (value $10). They save $30. For 5,000 flyers that cost $100, our intent for the first month in the Atlanta, Georgia area for 7 days and 7 nights is to draw 5,000 to the events. For the books we pay $3,000 a for 5,000 book run ($0.60 per unit), or $1,500 for books for 1, 000. Books are $10 (street value). All FS2P flyers and stage play tickets are free for KIDS with a paying parent.

Pricing: 

1. Tickets are $20
2. Books (autobiography) are $19.95.
3. DVDs (11-character) are $10. 

Push-Marketing

Push strategy

A push promotional strategy involves taking the product directly to the customer via whatever means, ensuring the customer is aware of your brand at the point of purchase.

"Taking the product to the customer"

FS2P tactics

• Trade show promotions to encourage retailer demand
• Direct selling to customers in showrooms or face to face
• Negotiation with retailers to stock your product
• Efficient supply chain allowing retailers an efficient supply
• Packaging design to encourage purchase
• Point of sale displays

Side A – 5,000 FS2P stage play $1 (one dollar) flyers to promote the stage play tickets that cost $20 (value $100,000), they are used for our street promotion team to draw 5,000 to the event. Side A is designed to target those looking to make a $1 pledge.

Side B – 5,000 FS2P stage play flyers advertising the ticket, book and DVD are up for those making a $20 pledge (value $50). The value of 5,000 FS2P stage play tickets, books and DVDs are $100,000.  

Pull-Marketing

Pull strategy

A pull strategy involves motivating customers to seek out your brand in an active process.

"Getting the customer to come to you"

FS2P pull tactics

• Advertising and mass media promotion
• Word of mouth referrals
• Customer relationship management
• Sales promotions and discounts

Advertising and Sponsorship

Sponsorship

FS2P Theatre is the number one year-round attraction in Union County and Fulton County. Last year, attendance for our Main Stage shows average 3,000. Sponsoring a show ensures that your brand is front and center for everyone who sees that particular show. Additionally, your brand is included in all of our advertising – internet, print, and radio throughout Union County (New Jersey) and Fulton County (Georgia). Our sponsors’ inclusion in those ads gives them exposure in markets where they might otherwise never be seen. For sponsors whose package includes a listing on the marquee, we guarantee it will be in place no less than one week prior to the show opening and then throughout the entire show run – that’s at least a month’s worth of ad placement in our premium downtown location. Show sponsorship also entitles you to a block of tickets for your Sponsor Night. Use them to entertain clients, bring a big group of friends, donate them to a local charity to use as a fundraiser. Whatever you come up with, we’ll do our best to accommodate.

The cutoff for sponsorships is January 31, 2017. For more information, please contact the SF2P Theatre’s Director of Marketing & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915, or send by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com.

PLAYBILL ADVERTISING

The 2017-18 Main Stage Season Playbill will be made available to every theatre patron that attends a show. Our annual print run is 100,000. Inclusion in the playbill gets your brand in front of our audience at every show throughout the season. Our average patron is 55 years old with discretionary income. Patrons come from as far as 70 miles to attend shows at the FS2P. 

Back Cover (Color) - $2,500

Inside Front - $1,500

Inside Back - $1,500

Full Page - $1,000

Half Page - $625

¼ Page - $400

1/8 Page - $225

If you require assistance with the construction of your ad, we’ll create it for it at no additional cost. Deadline for inclusion in the 2017-/18 Playbill is January 31, 2017. For more information, please contact the FS2P Theatre’s Director of Marketing & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915, or send by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com.

SMALL BUSINESS PACKAGE

For business owners interested in maximizing their return from advertising with the Suspect To Prospect, we’ve constructed the Small Business Package. For a $1000 investment, you’ll receive 3 fully flexible season tickets (21 total) and a half page ad in the 2017/18 playbill for each of the seven productions.

SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP

Throughout the year, the FS2P hosts an array of special events – primarily concerts, that offer sponsorship opportunities for the local businesses and organizations. Sponsorship packages are negotiated and build to fit the needs of the production and budget of the sponsor. If you’d like more information on sponsoring a special event, please contact the FS2P Theatre Director of Marketing & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915, or by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com. 

ATLANTA vs PLAINFIELD SPONSORSHIP

For one day, Atlanta, Georgia and Plainfield, New Jersey will become the center of the music universe. June 24, 2017, two downtown stages will play host to over a dozen bands at Atlanta vs P-Funk. Headlining will funk icons, George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, who have been entertaining crowds across the world for over 50 years. They hold a special place in the hearts of Plainfielders for their appearances as “P-Funk Band” since 1950’s. The P-Funk Band are also known for over 40 hits. They are considered to be pioneers of the Funk-genre, and they directly influenced artists such as Doctor Dre and their musical influence can also be heard in rhythm and blues, soul, electronica, gospel, jazz, and new wave. Rounding out the Coca Cola Stage lineup are the P-Funk Band & DJ Cheese.

In Cedar Brook Park (Plainfield) and Woodruff Park (Atlanta), the P-Funk’s Music Stage will feature an eclectic mix of artists from around the region. The lineup includes Atlanta vs Plainfield & The Family. There will be plenty to eat and drink, highlighted by tents featuring the “Beer Company and Beer Creek Brews.” Tickets are $20. Gates will open at 10am, and the show will run from 10:30am to 6pm. Guests are invited to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

The intent is for this year is to draw 100,000 to the event. In future year’s we’d like this to become a multi-day festival with additional stages. Sponsorships for this year’s Atlanta vs P-Funk are available at two levels.

$2,500 – Businesses will be included in all advertising (radio, magazine, newspaper, and online media). Each business will have a 5 foot full-color banner hung from the roof of one of the buildings adjacent to the Coca Cola Main Stage. Businesses will receive 10 tickets to dispose of as they see fit. Businesses will also be given right of first refusal and guaranteed the $2,500 prime sponsorship rate for the next three years. 

$1,000 -  Each business will have a 5 foot full-color banner hung from the roof of one of the buildings adjacent to the Coca Cola Main Stage. Businesses will receive 10 tickets to dispose of as they see fit. Businesses will also be given right of first refusal and guaranteed the $1,000 secondary sponsorship rate for the next three years.

If you’d like more information on sponsoring Atlanta vs Plainfield, please contact the FS2P Theatre’s Director & Business Development, Adrian Collins, at (404) 901-2915 or by email at adrian2collins@gmail.com. 

Project Kids Testimonies

Going back to school means it is time for the school fundraiser. Whether you are the chair of the fundraising committee, or just a willing volunteer, your time should be well spent. This means you need your fundraiser to must be both profitable and as stress-less as possible. For a new school year, try a new fundraiser -- Project Kids Flyers. A flyer fundraiser is a welcome fresh start for many schools.

It is simple, streamlined and successful. Instead of the hundreds of items that may be available through a traditional fundraiser, a flyer fundraiser focuses on one extremely sellable product. The only decisions a supporter needs to make are how many fund-flyers they want to buy. A flyer fundraiser is an easy, stress-free, and very profitable method for raising money for back to school fundraiser

Some fundraisers have become so expensive your supporters cannot justify buying from you, no matter how much they may want to help out. A Project Kids flyer sale, however, gives you real value for your money. Everyone loves a dollar, and many of us spend them easy on a regular basis and don’t pay it no mind. Since flyers are a common promo, buying the flyers makes a lot of sense for someone who wants to support your school. With a Project Kids kit, your supporters can help You promote 5,000 flyers for one dollar, or help You promote wholesales for a dime. Your school will receive 5,000 flyers per kit, including a Project Kids home-study course, with no deposit or other upfront cost necessary.

Project Kids 101 provides fundraising materials that will guide you through every step of the fundraising process, including providing all advertising and a simple order and distribution system. Project Kids 101 even offers direct to your school shipping, to make the fundraising process even easier for your supporters. Direct means that our founder, Mr. Publisher will personally drive to you and deliver the Kit to your distribution event and do a workshop to give you top customer service with your fundraiser. Other fundraising companies may use the same old fundraising products and ideas, but Project Kids 101 is unique, fun and cool. Don't leave this up to chance! Our experts are always available to help and answer any questions your school may have during their fundraiser.

During the first weeks of school, concentrate on settling your students into their school routines rather than reinventing the fundraiser yet again. A flyer fundraiser assures sweet success for your school and its students, and it offers fundraising volunteers helpful resources and outstanding support.

Back to School with Project Kids 101: Fundraising is Fun Raising

Going back to school means it is time for the school fundraiser. Whether you are the chair of the fundraising committee, or just a willing volunteer, your time should be well spent. This means you need your fundraiser to must be both profitable and as stress-less as possible. For a new school year, try a new fundraiser -- Project Kids Flyers. A flyer fundraiser is a welcome fresh start for many schools.

It is simple, streamlined and successful. Instead of the hundreds of items that may be available through a traditional fundraiser, a flyer fundraiser focuses on one extremely sellable product. The only decisions a supporter needs to make are how many fund-flyers they want to buy. A flyer fundraiser is an easy, stress-free, and very profitable method for raising money for back to school fundraiser

Some fundraisers have become so expensive your supporters cannot justify buying from you, no matter how much they may want to help out. A Project Kids flyer sale, however, gives you real value for your money. Everyone loves a dollar, and many of us spend them easy on a regular basis and don’t pay it no mind. Since flyers are a common promo, buying the flyers makes a lot of sense for someone who wants to support your school. With a Project Kids kit, your supporters can help You promote 5,000 flyers for one dollar, or help You promote wholesales for a dime. Your school will receive 5,000 flyers per kit, including a Project Kids home-study course, with no deposit or other upfront cost necessary.

Project Kids 101 provides fundraising materials that will guide you through every step of the fundraising process, including providing all advertising and a simple order and distribution system. Project Kids 101 even offers direct to your school shipping, to make the fundraising process even easier for your supporters. Direct means that our founder, Mr. Publisher will personally drive to you and deliver the Kit to your distribution event and do a workshop to give you top customer service with your fundraiser. Other fundraising companies may use the same old fundraising products and ideas, but Project Kids 101 is unique, fun and cool. Don't leave this up to chance! Our experts are always available to help and answer any questions your school may have during their fundraiser.

During the first weeks of school, concentrate on settling your students into their school routines rather than reinventing the fundraiser yet again. A flyer fundraiser assures sweet success for your school and its students, and it offers fundraising volunteers helpful resources and outstanding support.

Back to School Fundraising with School Supplies

Have you ever seen the Staples commercial with the guy in the pool and the kids playing loudly on the deck? He just presses the big, red easy button—and voila, the kids are outfitted in all of their school supplies!

Wouldn’t it be nice if back to school shopping were really that easy—and cheap?

The reality is that back to school time can be a burden on many low income families – especially those who have to provide school supplies and clothing for more than one child in their household. In this current recessive economy, public schools are being hit the hardest as the provincial government applies spending freezes to already tight education budgets.

As school districts across North America tighten their purse strings, classroom supplies get older and shabbier until there aren’t enough to go around the classroom. With limited school supplies available, teachers and other parents end up spending their own hard-earned money to buy pencils, pens, notebooks, and textbooks for students whose families cannot afford them.

On top of paying for school supplies, teachers also usually end up paying for photocopies, chalk, blackboard markers, posters, and classroom décor out of their own pockets.

So how do we keep our teachers and parents from picking up the slack when it comes to needed school supplies?

We turn to school supply fundraising events such as Adopt-A-Classroom, a site that raises money for classrooms across America, or Parentella, a site that provides a free Web platform for parents and teachers to collaborate on fundraising for schools. Then there’s www.online-ruler.net, which offers free rulers for classroom use.

If you don’t have the manpower in your school or community to throw a school supply drive on your own, never fear. The other option is to organize a catalogue drive. This fundraiser has able families ordering school supplies from a catalog once a month, and the proceeds help teachers purchase supplies for those in need.

So now that you have some online resources and ideas for the type of event you’d like to throw, how do you go about organizing a school supply drive of your own?

• Get teachers to fill out wish lists of supplies that they need for the year.
• Create flyers to market your school supply fundraiser. Make sure to post at your local Chamber of Commerce and churches.
• Send e-mails to school parents promoting your event. Be sure to include clear dates for when collection will start and finish.
• Write a press release for publicity.
• Use Facebook to reach out for donations beyond your zip code. Make sure to list the biggest necessities on your signs and online areas. For instance, most schools need things like pencils, crayons, markers, backpacks, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, glue sticks, scissors, and notebooks most of all.
• Use traditional media outlets—radio, television, newspaper—to promote your event.
• Ask local businesses that are willing to help to serve as collection sites—try to find, at minimum, two sites so people can drop off items at a site that is convenient to them.
• Be sure to send volunteers to check the collection sites to ensure that boxes are not overflowing, and that items are boxed and stored until needed. And when the drive is finished, you’ll need volunteers to box up all donations and deliver to the school district.
• Give thanks for donations when the drive is over—to business owners, volunteers, and those who gave large donations to your supply drive.

School supply drives put on by the local community have been known to collect pencils, pens, rulers, calculators, textbooks, dictionaries, thesauri, index cards, construction paper, markers for arts and crafts, and notebooks.

They have even drawn student essentials outside the classroom—such as gloves, winter coats, winter hats, umbrellas, shoes, boots, backpacks, and even gym clothes—when open donations are accepted from local area residents.

School supply fundraisers really can go a long way in making your school year a happier one for teachers and students alike.