The Research Triangle Park (RTP) invites you to participate in our 2011 Back-to-School Drive. RTP has partnered with Communities In Schools of Durham and Wake counties in an effort to provide backpacks filled with essential school supplies for low-income children in the Research Triangle community. We are pleased to open participation to all RTP companies and employees interested in contributing towards this effort.
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How Can You Help?
There are a number of ways individuals working for companies in RTP can participate.
- Simply
shop for a new backpack and/or any of the school supplies on this form
and drop them off (with a completed donation form)
Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM at The Research Triangle Park
Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive (directions).
Or talk with your HR rep to learn if your company is collecting supplies
on-site.
- Don't have time to shop? Consider giving a tax-deductible donation (via check) with which the Research Triangle Foundation will purchase needed items on your behalf (monetary donations can only be accepted at The RTP Headquarters drop-off location). Cash donation form.
- If you prefer to mail your contribution, please send a check made payable to “Durham-Wake Counties Research and Production Service District” at 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709. Please indicate if you would like to receive a receipt for tax deduction purposes.
RTP and Team Leader volunteers will collect and sort the backpacks and school supplies, and distribute them to low-income students via Communities In Schools of Wake and Durham counties.
Important Dates
- July 25 | RTP Back-to-School Drive kicks off
- August 5-7 | 2011 Tax-Free Weekend
- August 12 | Back-to-School Drive ends
Questions
For questions regarding the RTP Back-to-School Drive, or to learn more about becoming a Team Leader for your RTP company, please contact James Lim, Director of @rtp Programs, at lim@rtp.org or 919.549.8181.
Need promotional materials?
Download the following and use on your company intranet or bulletin board:
- Poster RTP HQ Drop-off Location: promoting the Research Triangle Headquarters as the drop-off location
- Poster Company Drop-off Location: intentionally left blank for you to fill in your company's drop-off location
- Promotional Button: place on your intranet, website or newsletter and link back to this page for more information
- Banner: place on your intranet, website or newsletter and link back to this page for more information
- Video: place on your intranet, tweet or send to your employee-base/friends
