Campbell County Public Library’s annual Drop Your Drawers campaign surpassed its goal of raising 7,000 new socks and underwear for local public schools, with all four branches collecting 8,563 items.
Drop Your Drawers aims to help keep emergency supplies stocked at local public schools’ Family Resource Centers. Schools hand out dozens of socks and underwear every month to children and teens who need them due to accidents, illness, inability to wash clothes, and other circumstances, according to the library. Donations help schools allocate funding to provide other resources.
Donated items will be divided among public schools in Campbell County. Since launching in 2015, the library said in a news release that the campaign has been modeled by other library systems across the country.
“As we head toward our tenth year of Drop Your Drawers, I couldn’t be prouder of this program that began thanks to the vision of our former director, JC Morgan,” Campbell County Public Library Director Chantelle Phillips said. “CCPL is always looking for the best ways to support our county’s residents. What better way than to remove barriers in education for those who are the future of Campbell County.”