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Hands4Hope aims to support 700+ students in need

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The 13th Annual Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference School Supply Drive will seek donations of school supplies for 700+ Students in need during June and July, 2026.

This effort is spearheaded by a youth-led School Supply Committee, with guidance from Adult Volunteers and Hands4Hope staff mentors.

Read our summary of the 2025 School Supply Drive and Distribution.

IN NEED OF SUPPLIES?

Students attend the supply distribution event to receive supplies by referral only. If you are a parent/guardian with an El Dorado County student in need of supplies, please contact your child’s school to receive a referral from your school’s resource providers, such as the school counseling office. Caregivers who receive support from other community support agencies, such as CASA El Dorado, or Health and Human Services, can also request a referral from those agencies. Please email us at info@hands4hopeyouth.org if you need further assistance.

DONATE SUPPLIES

These are the items most needed this year:

  • Calculators

  • Dry Erase Markers

  • Erasers (large)

  • Glue Bottles

  • Graph Paper

  • Headphones

  • Highlighters

  • Index Cards

  • Lunchboxes

  • Markers

  • Paper (college rule)

  • Paper (wide rule)

  • Pencil Pouches\ boxes

  • Pencil Sharpeners

  • Post-its

  • Rulers

  • Scissors

  • Sharpies

  • Staplers

  • Water Bottles

  • White Out
     

We already have plenty of backpacks, binders, glue sticks, mechanical and wood pencils, black and blue pens, elementary composition books, crayons, folders, spiral notebooks, and sheet protectors to distribute this year.

 

SHOP OUR AMAZON LIST

The School Supply Committee will put together an Amazon shopping list to make contributing even easier. Just shop this list and items will be automatically sent to Hands4Hope and included in the school supply distribution—you don't have to bring anything anywhere! 

Stuff the BUs Event

Bring your donations to the Stuff the Bus event, held at the El Dorado Hills Target parking lot, on Friday, July 17, from 9 am to 2 pm.

VOLUNTEERING

Many youth and adult volunteers are needed for the Stuff the Bus collection event, for multiple sorting events, and for the distribution event on August 4. Volunteer sign-ups are not yet available, but you can get registered as a Hands4Hope volunteer now to get started.

DROP-OFF LOCATIONS

Hands4Hope El Dorado Hills Youth Center

Monday to Thursday (closed Fridays)

11 am to 3 pm

5005 Windplay Dr. Suite 2

El Dorado Hills

Hands4Hope Placerville Youth Center

Open by Appointment - please contact us

905-A Spring St.

Placerville

 Become a dROP-OFF LOCATION partner

 

Thank you to the following businesses and organizations that are hosting School Supply Drive collections! Please contact individual location for their drop-off hours. Locations will be collecting through July 17, unless otherwise noted.

If your business or organization would like to host a collection, whether that is an in-house-only drive or you are willing to act as a public drop-off site, please contact us

Horn Fulton, Inc. Certified Public Accountants

2600 E Bidwell St, Unit 190, Folsom

July 1-17

Legendary Orthodontics

3903 Park Dr, El Dorado Hills

July 1-6

Snap Fitness - Shingle Springs

3975 Durock Rd., Shingle Springs

July 1-17

Thompson Toyota

140 Forni Rd., Placerville

July 1-13

El Dorado County Library - Placerville Branch

345 Fair Ln, Placeville

July 1-13

Prime Real Estate

555 Oakdale St Ste H, Folsom

July 1-13

Lyons Orthodontics

4420 Town Center Blvd​, El Dorado Hills

July 1-17

Faith Episcopal Church

2200 Country Club Dr, Cameron Park

July 1-17

Robinsons Pharmacy

359 Main St, Placerville

July 1-17

Regency at Folsom Ranch

3560 Club House Drive, Folsom

July 1-14

El Dorado County Library - El Dorado Hills Branch

7455 Silva Valley Pkwy​, El Dorado Hills

July 1-17

El Dorado County Library - Cameron Park Branch

2500 Country Club Dr, Cameron Park

June 26 - July 2

Cold Springs Church

2600 Cold Springs Rd, Placerville

July 1-13

SPONSOR A STUDENT

You can sponsor a student at a level you choose and let us do the shopping for you. See the form below.

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