Back-to-School Resource Fair Events

For questions or donation questions, contact the Sumner-Bonney Lake Family Resource Center at (253) 891-6153.

Community Resources: Northeast Pierce Resource Guide

Many thanks to our donors and those offering volunteer assistance: Rotary Club of Sumner, Cummins, Inc. of Sumner; Pierce County Councilmember Paul Hererra's Office - Youth Violence Prevention Funds; Greater Tacoma Community Foundation; City of Sumner; City of Bonney Lake; Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, Liberty Roads Foundation, Sumner Community Food Bank, Sumner-Bonney Lake Education Association; the Moore Wright Group; Latinx Parent Leadership Council; and the Blessing Movement. 

Back-to-School Resource Fair Dates: Summer 2023

Families of Sumner-Bonney Lake students in need may pick up school supplies, such as backpacks, pens, pencils, crayons, notebooks, binders, and more at these grab-and-go events in August:

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Thursday, Aug. 17 | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Daffodil Valley Elementary, 1509 Valley Ave., Sumner

The community came together to get backpacks, school supplies and more into the hands of 548 children from 228 families at our first Back-to-School Resource Fair of the summer! A big shout-out to our awesome donors, contributors and volunteers for making this happen. 

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Tuesday, Aug. 22 | Noon to 2 p.m.

Liberty Ridge Elementary, 12202 209th Ave Ct. E., Bonney Lake

A great wrap-up of our second Back-to-School Resource Fair at Liberty Ridge Elementary! Thank you to all of our staff, donors and volunteers for making this happen. We had 151 families and 396 students receive free backpacks, school supplies (for school work at home!), community resource information, updates about district programs and swag bags, too. And, thanks to nurses from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, 11 additional children received immunizations at an on-site vaccine clinic, running concurrently with our event.

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Thursday, Aug. 24 | 3 to 6 p.m.

Sumner-Bonney Lake Family Resource Center, 1508 Willow St., Sumner

For more information, contact the Sumner-Bonney Lake Family Resource Center at (253) 891-6150.

A big shoutout to our amazing donors, contributors and volunteers: Cummins, Inc. of Sumner; Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Pierce County Councilmember Paul Hererra's Office - Youth Violence Prevention Funds, Rotary Club of Sumner, Creator Lutheran Foundation, Judi Richardson, City of Sumner, City of Bonney Lake, Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, Liberty Roads Foundation, Sumner Community Food Bank, Sumner-Bonney Lake Education Association, the Moore Wright Group, Marina Tanay and Family, and more!

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Back-To-School Resource Fair 2022-23

We distributed a grand total of 1,584 backpacks to students from more than 580 families in August 2022. We held four Back-to-School Resource Fairs at Daffodil Valley Elementary, Lakeridge Middle School, Liberty Ridge Elementary and the Sumner-Bonney Lake Family Resource Center.

These events wouldn't have been possible without our countless volunteers, partners and donors below.

These events would not be possible without our ever-growing list of generous donors! We'd like to thank...Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Pierce County Councilmember Hans Zeiger's Office - Youth Violence Prevention Funds, Rotary Club of Sumner & Alyshia Main, Creator Lutheran Foundation, City of Sumner & Mayor Kathy Hayden, City of Bonney Lake, Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, World Vision, Liberty Roads Foundation, Bonney Lake Kiwanis Club, Sumner LIons Club, Bonney Lake Lions Club, Sumner Community Food Bank, Bonney Lake Food Bank (The Market), Emmanuel Food Pantry, Sumner-Bonney Lake Education Association and Bonney Lake WalMart, Washington Tractor and Washington Army National Guard. Volunteer assistance in preparing backpacks & swag bags: Alyshia Main, Trudy Bleiler, Rev. Dione Corseilles , Sara Corseilles and Family; Terri Waltenberg, Rhonda Chamberlain, Erin & Zoe Markquart, Jacob Al-Bidery, Joel Anderson, Lynne Hill, Kerry LeBleu and 'The Blessing Movement' volunteers; volunteers from Calvary Community Church - Children's Clothing Closet Volunteers (thank you, Patty!), Sumner Rotary Club members... Thank you for coming together for kids!