Pride Marianas Youth is holding a back-to-school drive to collect school items and even used clothes that would be given to middle and high school students.<\/p>\n
The drive, which started in late August, will run the entire month of September, and calls on the community to donate items like backpacks, re-useable water bottles, hygiene supplies, notebooks, and gently used clothing, shoes, and socks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe community can help by making donations from the school supplies list we put together\u2026and help us spread the message about the drive,\u201d said PMY\u2019s Jennifer Maratita.<\/p>\n
Donations can be dropped off at the Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence office on the second floor of the MH-1 Building in Puerto Rico and at The Shack in Oleai. <\/p>\n
PMY will also have a booth at the Youth Mental Health Fairs, to raise awareness and to reach out to the LGBTQ+ youth. The fairs will run on Saipan throughout September, and in October on Rota and Tinian. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will pass out the school supplies at the mental health fairs for students who visit our booth and who may be willing to sign the Ally Pledge banner, a peer support effort to curb bullying of our youth,\u201d Maratita added. <\/p>\n
The items will be given to counseling offices to give to students as they request for them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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