Community Drives
Throughout the year, Pioneer hosts various drives to support local organizations and provide necessary material goods to children and families within our local communities. Find out more about our community drives and how you can contribute below.
Current: School Supply Drive
Join Pioneer in providing essential school supplies to students in our communities as they prepare for the new school year ahead. Donate new or unused school supplies at any one of our branches to help us provide filled backpacks for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Collection begins Monday, July 21st, and ends Friday, August 8th!
What We Need:
- Backpacks
- Composition Notebooks (Wide Rule)
- Loose Leaf Paper
- Spiral Notebooks
- Pocket & 3-Hole Folders
- Pencil Pouches
- Pencil Boxes
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Glue Sticks
- Safety Scissors
- Washable & Dry Erase Markers
- Colored Pencils
- Crayons
- Highlighters
- Black & Blue Pens
- #2 Pencils
- Erasers and Cap Erasers
- Rulers
- Post-it Notes
- Index Cards
- 1.5", 2", 2.5”, or 3” Binders
- Tab Dividers
- Headphones or Wired Earbuds (Chromebook compatible)
Where It Goes:
Donated school supplies will be distributed to organizations helping local children in need. This year supplies will go to the Tri-County United Way’s Kids with Packs Program, Hudson City Central School District, and the Lansingburgh Central School District.
Thank you for helping our community move All Together Forward!
Previous Collections:
- Baby Supply Drive benefiting Schenectady Community Action Program’s (SCAP) Community Baby Shower and Community Action of Greene County Food Pantry
- School Supply Drive benefiting Capital City Rescue Mission, Rensselaer County Department of Youth, and Saratoga County Children's Committee
- Winter Hat & Glove Drive benefiting Grassroot Givers
- Food Drive benefiting St. Catherine's Center for Children
