Bartholomew County School Supply Assistance Program

01/28/2026

We may be only halfway through this school year, but we’re already thinking ahead to next school year! 📚✏️

Planning early helps us make sure students have everything they need to start strong.

Check out our top supply needs and see how you can help support local students!

08/15/2025

📚✏️ School may have just begun, and you’d think we’d be catching our breath after distributing nearly 2,100 backpacks… but we’re already gearing up for next year!

Thanks to Toyota Forklift for donating shelving so we can organize and store supplies for our 2026 backpack packing. 🛠️

A huge shoutout to the amazing volunteers who installed the shelves—you brought the knowledge, skills, and muscle to get the job done, and we are so grateful. 🙌

Your support helps us improve our space and better serve our community. ❤️

08/01/2025

🚓📚 BIG shoutout to our traffic heroes! 📚🚓

A huge THANK YOU to the amazing School Resource Officers from Columbus Police Department (Indiana) and the Bartholomew County Sheriff - Sheriff Chris Lane for keeping things running smooooth in our school supply drive-thru! 🙌🚦

Whether it's waving cars through like pros, keeping the chaos in check with a 😎, or a 👋 to the kids as they drive by —you make school supply pickup safe, fast, and even fun. We couldn’t do it without you!

07/31/2025

🎒🔥 Big THANK YOU to our friends at the Columbus Firemen's Cheer Fund! 🔥🎒

Every year, you open your doors and your hearts—letting us take over your building to get thousands (yes, thousands!) of backpacks into the hands of local youth. 🙌👧👦

We couldn’t do it without your generosity, support, and the perfect space to make backpack magic happen. You're the real MVPs of distribution day! 💪❤️

07/29/2025

📚🚌 A huge THANK YOU to our friends at Flatrock-Hawcreek School Corporation— Hope Elementary & Jr-Sr High School— small but mighty, and absolutely essential to BCSSAP’s success! 💥🎒

Their team helps us understand exactly what their students need, so we can pack bags with purpose. With their insight and support, we’re able to reach families in the Hope area with backpacks filled and ready for the school year ahead! 🙌🏽

We’re so grateful for their partnership and dedication to the kids they serve—because teamwork truly makes the dream work!

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07/28/2025

DEADLINE 7/29/2025 at 4pm

🎒📚 Need help with school supplies? ✏️📏

We’ve got you covered! Free basic school supplies are available for students attending school in Bartholomew County.

✅ Grades K–12 eligible
✅ Flexible income guidelines (program is for households experiencing financial need)
✅ Pre-registration required

📞 TO REGISTER: Call 812-375-2216

Let’s get our students ready for a great school year! 💼🖍️

07/28/2025

A huge thank you to our amazing community partner, Love Chapel - Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches, for their continued support of the Bartholomew County School Supply Assistance Program (BCSSAP)! 💙

Each year, they go above and beyond—transporting all the packed backpacks to the distribution site to ensure we are ready for our local students. Your dedication to our community does not go unnoticed, and we truly appreciate all that you do. 🙌🎒

07/25/2025

Over just 2.5 days, 59 amazing volunteers (many doing multiple shifts!) packed every single backpack for Bartholomew County students—and we’re ready to distribute them next week!

We couldn’t have done it without your time, energy, and heart. 💛 Your support helps ensure local kids start the school year with the tools they need to succeed.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! 🙌

07/25/2025

🎒📚 Need help with school supplies? ✏️📏

We’ve got you covered! Free basic school supplies are available for students attending school in Bartholomew County.

✅ Grades K–12 eligible
✅ Flexible income guidelines (program is for households experiencing financial need)
✅ Pre-registration required

📞 TO REGISTER: Call 812-375-2216

Let’s get our students ready for a great school year! 💼🖍️

07/25/2025

There's still time to sign up for prek

Did you know BCSC offers full-day Pre-K at an affordable cost? Spots are still available for the 2025-26 school year! Register or contact our office today! https://bcscprek.bcscschools.org/ (812)-376-4569

07/24/2025

🔧🎒 Big engines, even bigger hearts! Huge thanks to Cummins Inc for being an absolute powerhouse behind BCSSAP year after year! ❤️💪

Not only do they support us with generous grants and incredible volunteers, but we also have to give a special shoutout to one amazing Cummins Aviation employee who’s been a longtime committee member—there every single day of packing and distribution. She truly goes above and beyond, and we’re so lucky to have her dedication fueling this work! 🙌🚀

Cummins, thank you for being a champion for local students and families. Your impact reaches far beyond the workplace!

07/24/2025

Something for Juniors and Seniors to consider.

FREE Stem Boot Camp for 11th and 12th graders on July 24th and 31st!