Simmons Group and Grand Canyon Development Partners Help ‘Fill the Bus’ for Local School supply Drive
In honor of the upcoming school year, locally-owned businesses Simmons Group and Grand Canyon Development Partners are teaming up to help “Fill the Bus” for Communities In Schools (CIS) of Nevada’s fifth annual school supply drive.
Put on those backpacks, grab packs of multi-colored markers and head down to Simmons Group and Grand Canyon at 6841 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. #103, Las Vegas, NV, 89119, Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. from now through August 3 to drop off supplies. The companies’ teams will drop off the donations to CIS that following weekend.
CIS of Nevada is looking for traditional school supplies as well as uniform clothing items. Supplies needed include:
- Backpacks for all ages
- Erasers
- Glue
- Highlighters
- Colored pencils
- One- and two-inch binders
- College- and wide-ruled notebooks
- Pocket folders
- Markers, crayons
- Mechanical pencils
- Pencil sharpeners
Uniform pieces, like navy and white polo shirts and khaki and navy slacks, for elementary and middle school-age children are needed, as well as gift cards to locations where uniforms can be purchased. CIS of Nevada students currently have enough composition notebooks and wide- and college-ruled paper to last throughout the school year.
About Simmons Group Nevada
The Simmons Group provides talent management, strategic planning and executive coaching to clients worldwide. As a human resource, training consulting and management firm, the company specializes in being the calm in chaos – Simmons Group is there when clients need them the most. Founded by Ann Simmons Nicholson, the company is committed to helping clients navigate the business world through the Simmons Group’s decades of experience. For more information on Simmons Group, visit www.simmons-group.com.
About Communities In Schools of Nevada
Communities In Schools (CIS) of Nevada is the local affiliate of the nation’s largest and most effective organization dedicated to keeping kids in school and helping them succeed in life. Working with both schools and the surrounding community, CIS of Nevada does whatever it takes to help kids stay in school and succeed in life. Based directly inside schools, CIS of Nevada connects students and their families to basic and critical educational and community-based resources, tailored to each student’s specific needs.
Operating in 59 school sites in Western Nevada, Southern Nevada, and Northeastern Nevada, CIS of Nevada serves over 58,000 students. Nationally, CIS provides services in more than 2,200 schools in 26 states and the District of Columbia, serving 1.3 million young people and their families every year. As the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization, CIS is the only program proven to both decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates. For more information, visit http://www.cisnevada.org