Stuff the Bus 2020

About Stuff the Bus

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Frederick County community rallied behind the Stuff the Bus school supply collection initiative to meet the growing needs of Frederick County Public School students.  Approximately 89,500 individual supplies with estimated value of nearly $50,000 has been contributed by generous community donors. In 2019, the previous most successful year, Stuff the Bus collected about 80,000 individual supplies.

The COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges to Stuff the Bus.  For the first time in its 12-year history in Frederick County, Stuff the Bus went mostly digital.  Virtual Stuff the Bus was launched in mid-July and yielded about 45,500 individual supplies including 5,000 facemasks.  Approximately 35,700 supplies were purchased with grants made available by United Way of Frederick County through the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Campaign and the City of Frederick.  An additional 8,125 supplies were collected in traditional dropoff efforts.*

Major support for Stuff the Bus was provided by the City of Frederick, M&T Bank, Leidos, Evangelical Lutheran Church and LSWG. Over 18 companies and groups organized Virtual Stuff the Bus teams; an additional 18 companies hosted traditional dropoff locations.  Habitat for Humanity contributed 5,000 facemasks to the project.

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