Taylorville Memorial Hospital and the Christian County YMCA launched Operation Loaded Book Bag on Monday, July 10. The school supply drive will end Friday, July 28. Community members are encouraged to drop off donations at the public donation boxes located at the main and south entrances to the hospital, which is located at 201 E. Pleasant St., Taylorville.
The following school supply items are needed: spiral bound notebooks (wide and college ruled), pens medium tip (red, black, blue), 10-pack markers (wide and thin line), pointed tipped scissors, book bags of all sizes, 16-count crayons, pencil box or pouches, loose leaf notebook, double pocket folders, rulers, colored pencils, yellow #2 pencils, white glue, glue sticks, pink erasers, ruled index cards, four-pack Play Doh, Dry Erase markers, snack/sandwich/quart/gallon Ziploc bags, clip board (plastic), two-inch binders, sticky notes, tissue boxes, Chlorox Wipes, pencils (need both Ticonderoga #2 and Yellow #2), headphones.
