What’s in your backpack?

Published July 25, 2016 This content is archived.

Members of the UB community are invited to donate school supplies to benefit students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 in the Buffalo Niagara region.

Suggested items are tissues; disinfecting wipes and other cleaning supplies; large book bags; plastic-coated folders; crayons, colored pencils and lead pencils; composition notebooks; scissors; glue sticks and bottles of glue; hand sanitizer; gallon-size plastic bags; pocket folders; wipe-off markers; earphones; pink erasers; rulers; different color highlighters; index cards; clipboards; folders with prongs; hand soap; notebook paper; basic calculators; 1.2-2 inch binders; packs of dividers; pencil sharpeners; pocket dictionaries; container for supplies; pens; removable drives; organizers/planners; graphing calculators; and scientific calculators.

Items may be dropped off at locations on the UB North, South and Downtown campuses. The last day to donate is Sept. 2. For more information, contact Community Relations at 829-3099. The drop-off sites:

North Campus

  • Baird Hall: Music Library, 112 Baird.
  • Baird Research Park: UB Technology Incubator, Office of Science Technology Transfer & Economic Outreach (STOR), 1576 Sweet Home Road, Amherst.
  • Baldy Hall: School of Social Work, 685 Baldy Hall.
  • Capen Hall: Office of the President, fifth floor reception area; Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 406 Capen; International Education, 411 Capen; Office of the Registrar, 232 Capen; Undergraduate Education, 24 Capen; Office of Education Innovation, 411 Capen.
  • Center for Tomorrow: lobby.
  • Crofts Hall: Customer Service, 120 Crofts.
  • Ellicott Complex: Parking and Transportation, 102 Spaulding Quad; Academic Affairs, Ellicott Complex atrium; Financial Aid, 122 Porter Quad.
  • Jacobs Hall: School of Management, 160 Jacobs.
  • Lockwood Library: University Libraries, second floor circulation area.
  • Norton Hall: Undergraduate Academies, 17 Norton; Student Support Services, 215 Norton; Student Advising Services, 109 Norton.
  • O’Brian Hall: Law School, faculty lounge.
  • Park Hall: College of Arts and Sciences, 207A Park.
  • Spaulding Quad: Data Analytics, Room 102.
  • Student Union: Office of Student Engagement, 235 Student Union; Intercultural Diversity Center, 240 Student Union.

South Campus

  • Abbot Hall: Health Sciences Library, first floor circulation area.
  • Allen Hall: Office of Community Relations, 109 Allen; Off Campus Student Services and Office of Veterans Services, 101 Allen.
  • Harriman Hall: Financial Aid, 104 Harriman.
  • Farber Hall: Department of Biochemistry, 140 Farber.
  • Kimball Tower: University Development and School of Public Health and Health Professions, first floor lobby.
  • Michael Hall: Student Health and Wellness, clinic library.
  • Squire Hall: School of Dental Medicine, first floor lobby.

Downtown

  • Downtown Gateway: Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 77 Goodell St., Suite 201.
  • Educational Opportunity Center: Alumni Affairs and Student Development, 555 Ellicott St.
  • New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott St., first floor lobby and reception area.