Tag: back to school store

  • Service League helps students ‘bag’ the new year with back-to-school supplies | WLUK

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    A local organization is making a difference as the back-to-school season approaches. The group works each year to provide students with some of the necessary tools for their academic futures. The Service League of Green Bay hosts its Back To School Store Shopping Day Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Area students walk through…

  • Volunteer sign-up open for the Back-to-School store

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    The moment we have been waiting for, the Back-to-School Volunteer Sign up has arrived! This is a perfect time to wear UW-Green Bay gear and work with a team to help Green Bay School District students have a successful first day of school. You can volunteer for yourself, a work team, or for your family!…

  • Free beer for donating clothes for Green Bay area students to be distributed at event at UW-Green Bay

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    For the next three weeks, you can trade backpacks for brews as part the Service League of Green Bay’s Craft of Giving Brewery Collection Drive. The organization is partnering with local breweries to entice the community to donate school clothing and supplies for its annual Back-to-School Store event. With about 18% of those under 18 in Green Bay…

  • Back to School Store a success

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    Another year of The Back to School Store is labeled as a success! About 1,600 children were invited to attend this year’s Back to School Store, and 1,211 children were served on the day of the event at the new location, the Kress Events Center. Those 1,211 children had the opportunity to go through the Back…

  • Photos: Back to School event hosted by UW-Green Bay’s Kress Events Center

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    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZtyIUwsKeU4 About 800 volunteers (including many UW-Green Bay employees) served about 1,200 elementary school children and their families this week. The Service League of Green Bay held its annual Back to School Event on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Students could pick out clothes, shoes and school supplies. Each child is assigned a shopping helper. See…

  • Volunteer for the Back to School Store

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    It’s coming up quickly. The Green Bay Campus will host, for the second time, the Service League of Green Bay’s Back to School Store, Wednesday, August 7. This year’s event is at the Kress Events Center. Last year, UW-Green Bay hosted 4,200 shoppers and families, members and community volunteers. Your help is needed. Please consider…

  • Successful Back to School Store

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    For the 26th year in a row, the Service League of Green Bay’s Back to School Store provided hundreds of Brown County children with essential school supplies and clothing. This year, the event was hosted by UW-Green Bay. The children got to pick out an outfit and a backpack with supplies of their choice. Fox…

  • UW-Green Bay hosts Back to School Store

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    On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, UW-Green Bay hosted the 26th annual Back to School Store, presented by the Service League of Green Bay. The event provided elementary school students  of Brown County living in poverty with new clothing, sneakers, socks, underwear and school supplies. See the full story on WBAY.

  • Video and photos: Back to School Store

    Video and photos: Back to School Store

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    Wow, what an event! Thousands of kids from Brown County will be heading back to school with new clothes and supplies, thanks to the Service League of Green Bay. UW-Green Bay volunteers and members of the campus community were happy hosts. On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, the organization partnered with the University and hundreds of…

  • Student Affairs & Campus Climate is the winner of Back-to-School Store challenge

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    A thank you is in order to all UW-Green Bay staff who participated in the Back-to-School Challenge. A total of 1,245 items (notebooks, folders, pencil box, loose leaf, markers, and books etc.) were donated to the Back-to-School Store, which is hosted by UW-Green Bay on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. Student Affairs & Campus Climate collected 717…