Donate School Supplies for Local Children

The Creighton Staff Advisory Council is hosting its annual back-to-school supply drive now through Aug. 1. Donations will go to the Salvation Army and Channel 7's backpack program. Help local parents and children prepare for academic success this fall. 

Since 1998, more than 189,000 children from the Omaha area have been provided with the help they needed to go back to school with confidence by equipping them with new backpacks and school supplies. Read more about the Salvation Army drive.

Join the Creighton community and help thousands of local children be prepared as they return to school. New items only, please. 

• backpacks, pencils, pencil sharpeners, pens, rulers
• spiral notebooks, theme paper, two-pocket folders
• crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue bottle/sticks, erasers
• reusable water bottles, tissues, hand sanitizer

Omaha Campus

Collection box locations and contacts:

• Public Safety, Gary Hamilton
• School of Dentistry, Simon Fletcher
• Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library Lower-Level 
• Student Success and Center for Faculty Excellence, Kym Bauer
• Harper Center, Rebecca Carr
• Criss Building, Shannon Walsh
• Facilities Office, Doug Deman
• Cardiac Center and the Labaj Building, Tami Denes
• An additional location at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, 7500 Mercy Road in Omaha. Reva Aguilar is the contact person.

If you would like someone to pick up a donation somewhere on campus that does not have a box, email SAC@creighton.edu. No donation is too small. By donating just one box of crayons or one box of pencils, you will be helping a student live up to their full potential at school. Thank you for your support.

Phoenix Campus

Faculty and staff are also invited to support local children and families in this back-to-school season. Participate in the Salvation Army's Backpack SOS (Support Our Students) drive in partnership with Fry's Food Stores, Fox 10 Phoenix/Fox 10 Xtra, 99.9 KEZ and BOK Financial. 

Donate backpacks and school supplies by July 28 at drop-off locations at Arizona Fry Food Store or Valley BOK Financial. Read more.