The Tools 4 Schools Resource Center will be closed on April 23 due to heavy rains/flooding in Hillside.
The Tools 4 Schools Program has started enrollment for the 2011-2012 School Year. Please complete the 2011-2012 enrollment packet and submit with your school roster to the Kids Division via fax at 908-355-0431.
Click here to view your enrollment packet. (Please right click on the link and select “Save link as…” to download this document.)
Schools must have a 70% or more of the students at this school qualify for assistance under the guidelines of the National School Lunch Program. Please remember School Liaisons must attend an orientation prior to the school being approved. We are currently working with approved districts and are not adding any new districts at this time. The approved school districts are Newark, Elizabeth, Irvington, Paterson, Plainfield, Jersey City, East Orange, New Brunswick, and Orange.
Please email us at kids@njfoodbank.org or call us at 908-355-3663 ext. 300 to schedule an orientation.
Our Tools 4 Schools program provides free classroom supplies through our Tools 4 Schools Resource Center, our free classroom supply store for teachers. Teachers from participating schools may shop for free twice each school year for supplies. Last year we served over 170 schools and educational programs in Newark, Elizabeth, Irvington, Paterson, Plainfield, Jersey City, and East Orange.
The Tools 4 Schools programs serves only public K to 12 schools in qualified districts. We are not accepting applications from Preschool Programs at this time.
The Resource Center is stocked by staff members and hard-working volunteers, and all of our supplies are donated. While many of our items come from manufacturers, retailers and our sponsors, many individuals and community groups also donate items or hold supply drives.
Donated funds are also happily accepted and greatly appreciated - click here to donate to Tools 4 Schools.
Most Needed Items:
- Colored Pencils
- Backpacks
- Crayons
- Glue Sticks
- Staplers
- Scissors
- Rulers
- Pencil Cases
Attention NJ schools located in Newark, Elizabeth, Irvington, Paterson, Plainfield, Jersey City, and East Orange: You may be eligible to receive a donation of school supplies from Tools 4 Schools!
Tools 4 Schools is proud to offer another benefit to the teachers we serve. Thanks to the hard work and generosity of of the volunteer program Good Goes Around, teachers may now apply to win a refurbished bike for one of their students. Many thanks to founder Adam Henick and High Gear Cyclery for their successful efforts to get bikes to children who might otherwise be without. Teachers may simply complete an application when they come to shop at Tools 4 Schools.
Our Tools 4 Schools program is a proud member of The Kids in Need Foundation network, a charitable organization founded in 1995 with a mission of ensuring that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need. To find out more, please visit www.KINF.org.
Introducing a new teacher grants program!
Sponsored by Elmer’s Products Inc., an industry leader in adhesives, arts and crafts, office and educational products.
Starting February 14th, you can apply for an Elmer’s Teacher Tool Kit grant that can range from $100 to $500. The grants will be given to teachers who wish to conduct classroom projects selected from a catalog of more than 500 projects. This year, approximately 250 grants sponsored by Elmer’s will be provided to teachers nationwide for projects to be completed during the upcoming 2011-2012 school year.
