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An employee supply drive at Cox Media Group will kick off donations.
You can help Stuff the Bus on Aug. 2 from 5-9 p.m. at Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton.
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Donation requests include:
- New/gently used books (mostly elementary level)
- Puzzles
- Gift cards to Kroger and Meijer for after-school snacks
- Colored pencils
- White or colored printing paper
- Construction paper
- Washable markers
- Dry erase markers/erasers
- Composition books
- STEM games/activities/materials
- Hula hoops
- Sculpting clay
- First aid supplies
- Rubber bands
- Poster board
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