3 Tips for a Successful Back-to-School Kitting Party

Donating to schools is one of the best ways to give back to your community and our larger society. Investing in schools is an investment in our future. Without the proper education, we wouldn’t have effective leaders, entrepreneurs, a skilled workforce, or adequate social services.

Helping supply schools with everything they need to be successful is easy with DollarDays. We’ve got tons of items students don’t just need but will LOVE (and at great prices).

A back-to-school kitting party can be the perfect team-building event for your employees or members of your organization. Donating to schools can have tangible positive effects on your organization.

A Harvard Business Review study found “evidence shows that giving money to charity leads to similar brain activity in regions implicated in the experience of pleasure and reward…[the study] results suggest that giving (in the form of charitable donations) is inherently rewarding.”

We’ve got some tips to get started on a back-to-school kitting party that will encourage the spirit of giving within your organization.

Create a Wishlist

Most schools will have released their school supply lists for their students or perhaps have registered with charitable organizations with items they need. Use this list to browse DollarDays’ incredible inventory of school supply kits and individual items.

Then create a DollarDays Wishlist. (Our Wishlist Toolkit makes is super simple!) You can add all the items you hope to receive. The more items you include and more people you reach the better.

A back-to-school survival kit is one of the best ways to ensure students get everything they need. Try this 45-piece school supply kit with pens, rulers, notebooks, folders and more. Then grab some Forward backpacks in a variety of colors to stuff at your kitting party.

Don’t forget items for teachers too! PPE supplies like hand sanitizer, tissues, and masks will be a welcomed addition to any classroom.

Promote Your School Supply Drive

Choose a day (or days) and time(s) to get together and organize your supplies so you can be sure everyone gets exactly what they need.

Share your school kit donation drive details and wishlist with employees, friends, neighbors, and anyone else who would be willing to give. We’ve got templates to create press releases, flyers, and social media posts so you can run a successful campaign. Give people enough time to donate supplies and remind them early and often to contribute to your drive.

Get Everyone Involved

The age-old saying that more hands make light work couldn’t be truer with a school kit donation drive. Encourage not just members of your organization to join but also their friends. Make an assembly line to create kits with a variety of supplies for each student and teacher. (Those backpacks are particularly useful here.)

Kids helping kids can be an incredibly powerful way to teach about the importance of giving what you can. (Just be careful, they might spot some trendy supplies they want for themselves in the process!) Our school supplies aren’t just great quality, but they also look great so no student will feel less than.

The earlier you get started, the greater impact you can have. Buying items in bulk with DollarDays is one of the best ways to get the most out of your drive. Our affordable prices make it easy to stock up, so no student is left behind. We’re here to help so why not get started today!

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Custom Kitting

The Launch of Custom Kitting Requests!

We love working with our customers to find just what they need. When we heard our customers were creating their own kits or product sets, we jumped at the opportunity to help save our customers time and money. We launched a new feature on our website to streamline the custom quote request process. Each kit is different and requires very special requirements. Our knowledgeable sales team specializes in finding the right products and the right quantities—helping to stretch your dollars. Simply fill out our form and submit it online. It will go directly to our team where they will quickly get back to you on your request. Though school supply kits are very popular, our kits can contain any number of products we have on our site or that we may need to source just for you. Here are some popular kit ideas to help inspire you to build your own custom kit.

Hygiene Kits
If you are an organization supporting homeless outreach or homeless shelters, you know the importance of hygiene kits. These are some of the most essential items we help people kit so they are easy to distribute. Basic kits with items like a toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, and deodorant are available on our site already. Now with the Coronavirus, these hygiene kits have even more importance in their daily lives. We can help you put together kits with basic hygiene items that also include important PPE items like face masks and hand sanitizer. These kits can also be very seasonally different where these kits may need gloves and blankets in the winter but may need sunscreen and water in the summer. We have some of these pre-made from Convenience Kits in stock and ready to ship! They also provide kits that can be customized with your logo and the products you need!

School Supply Kits
Access to the right school supplies has always been a challenge in many communities. We see so many organizations that are constantly working to collect school supplies and backpacks to distribute to kids in need. We realize that every age child has different needs and having custom school supply kits is one way to make distributing school supply kits much easier. Many schools and classrooms have lists of required school supplies and now with our new feature in place, you can simply upload your list of school supplies and get a custom quote on the best way to build that kit.

Cold Weather Kits
Frigid cold temperatures can be one of the biggest risks for those living with homelessness. There are so many items that can go into these types of kits. Fleece blankets and warm socks are very popular, but including gloves and hats into your kits can make it much easier to deal with those cold weather months. We even have clothing basics and winter jackets that can be paired with backpacks to make these outreach kits to help the homeless survive the cold weather months.

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