The “Fill the Bus” project is doing just that on July 22-23.
Volunteers from Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus and the community began collecting school supplies and donations at Walmart in Ozark at 8 a.m. on Friday, July 22, and loading them onto an Ozark School District bus as part of an event brought to the community by a partnership of the United Way and Walmart.
Collections will continue until 5 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, July 23, volunteers will accept school supplies from 9 a.m.-noon.
Photographed: Laura Rudolph, Franklin County organizer for the annual “Fill the Bus” event and director of public and external relations at Arkansas Tech-Ozark Campus (left) stands with volunteers Logan Haiden, Jake Allred, Jake Smithen, Dougan Phillips, Liz Leding and Arkansas Tech-Ozark Chancellor Bruce Sikes. Volunteers Rylee Wagoner (left) and Ozark kindergarten teacher Nikkole Hurst are seated at the donation table.
