In an effort to assure all South Tama students have adequate supplies for the upcoming school year, a coalition of area groups and businesses have joined together to collect needed supplies.

Some of the needed items include pencils and pens, notebooks, glue, notebooks, school boxes and backpacks.

Drop-off sites are: Thys Chevrolet, St. PatrickCatholic Church, Independent Insurance, LattaHarris, Lincoln Savings Bank, State Bank of Toledo, Toledo Public Library, Tama Co. Abstract, MercyCare Clinic, Tama, Tama News-Herald / Toledo Chronicle, Ia. Valley Tama Co. Education Center, GensisDevelopment, Scharnweber’s Inc.

Last chance drop-off is Aug. 21, 6-8- p.m. at the STC?Elementary Back to School Night in Tama.