Rainbow Kids Back to School Event

Name: Rainbow Kids Back to School Event
Start: 2025-08-16T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-16T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 518 E Commercial St, Springfield, MO, United States, Missouri 65803

Schedule

Sat Aug 16 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

518 E Commercial St, Springfield, MO, United States, Missouri 65803 | Springfield, MO

Join us on August 16th from 10 am to 12 pm at The GLO Center for our Rainbow Kids back to school event! Rainbow Kids is GLO's youth outreach program for LGBTQIA+ kids aged 5-11 (accompanied by a grownup). We will have a notebook decorating activity led by Springfield Regional Arts Council's art educator Leslie Berry, snacks, and free school supplies for Elementary School students, including a limited supply of backpacks.
💌 Please email your RSVP to [email protected].
Thank you to our partners for this event: Grace United Methodist Church, Brentwood Christian Church, South Street Christian Church, and others!
If you represent an organization and would like to partner with us on this project, please contact [email protected].
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✏️ DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES 📚
You can drop off school supplies at:
▪️ The GLO Center: M, Th, F, 10am-4pm | T, W, 10am-3pm
▪️ Grace United Methodist Church: M-F, 11am-1pm
Supplies List:
• 24 pack crayons
• Washable markers
• Glue sticks
• Pre sharpened pencils
• Composition notebooks
• Fiskars scissors
• Dry erase markers
• 3 ring binders
• Two pocket folders with brads
• Rulers
• Supply boxes
• Erasers
• Clorox wipes
• Tissues
• Ziploc bags
• Hand sanitizer
• Headphones or earbuds