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For Our City Tempe: Serving Together to Make a Difference Thursday, June 11, 2026 • 7:30–9:15 a.m. Tempe Salvation Army 2621 S. Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85282 ~Please RSVP~ Breakfast Tacos from Rusty Tacos! Fruit and juice from Sprouts #20 in Tempe Coffee from Better Buzz, Tempe If you are able, please bring one or more backpacks to contribute to our school districts for their back to school backpack drive. We are also accepting school supplies such as notepaper and Stanley/Yeti type water containers (branded swag is accepted. **See complete list below). The school supplies we collect will be divided among the three public school districts in Tempe. If you wish yours to go to a particular school district, please let us know. We will have tags available. If you cannot attend, but want to donate school supplies, please donate directly to one of the districts. School starts July 22nd. Schedule 7:30 a.m. – Sign-in, visit, enjoy breakfast tacos sponsored by Rusty Tacos, fruit and beverages from Sprouts, and coffee from Better Buzz Coffee 7:57 a.m. – Group photo followed by the program (The breakfast buffet will remain available during the meeting.) Program Focus: Emergency Preparedness Presenter Cathryn Skully, Emergency Management Coordinator, Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management Table Talk: How can you help with emergency preparedness in your circles of influence? Thank you to donors of our door prize items: *Xanterra: Two Grand Canyon Railway tickets *Coggins: Spinato's gift card *Tempe Community Action Agency: Smart Thermostat If you or your company would like to sponsor a breakfast, please contact us! Reach out anytime — we’d love to connect. Warm regards, Mckell Keeney President, For Our City Tempe 480-648-3304 Capt. Brittany Baker Secretary, For Our City Tempe brittany.baker@usw.salvationarmy.org **Tempe Elementary School District (Most needed): Elementary: -Spiral notebooks of paper -Crayons/Markers -Pencils -Highlighters -Personal kid friendly scissors -Glue Sticks -Personal packs of Kleenex Middle School: -Spiral notebooks of paper -Colored Pencils -2 pocket folders -Composition Books -Pencil pouch -Mechanical pencils/erasers -Gel pens -Highlighters Kyrene Family Resource Center (most needed): Composition Notebooks and Spiral Notebooks 19' or larger backpacks Children's tennis shoes (New or very gently used) Threadz resource centers - Tempe Union High School District - Marcos de Niza and Tempe High locations: Clean teen-appropriate clothing for age 13-20 (new or gently-used) Shoes (athletic, dress and casual; larger sizes for teens, particularly male sizes, are highly needed - new or gently used) Clean PE/sports clothing (gym shorts, shirts) New undergarments (bras, men’s boxer briefs, women’s underwear, socks) – must be in original packaging Personal hygiene items (full size shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, body wash, body lotion, etc.) Ethnic hair products (shampoo, conditioner, styling products, etc.) Accessories (purses, backpacks, and other items teens love) SCHOOL SUPPLIES Backpacks (adult/teen size) College-ruled composition notebooks College-ruled loose-leaf paper Index cards Click-type pens Mechanical pencils Highlighters Markers