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Each year, TEXAS YES selects numerous Title 1 elementary schools across Texas and supplies every student (Kindergarten through 5th grade) with a free school supply kit.
Since 1998, TEXAS YES staff members, dedicated volunteers, board members, and sponsors have personally distributed more than 732,000 school supply kits to students and community groups in Texas, making us the largest distributor of supplies for elementary students.
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What’s in a School Supply Kit?
Each school supply kits includes the following items: colored pencils, crayons, notebook paper, spiral notebook, big eraser, glue stick, folders with pockets, folders with pockets and brads, a ruler, pencils, ballpoint pens in black and red, and a box of tissues.
2024-2025 School Year Recipients
San Antonio
- Armstrong Elementary School
- Ball Elementary School
- Cisneros Leadership School for Boys
- De Zavala Elementary School
- Five Palms Elementary School
- Frank Madla Elementary School
- Freedom Elementary School
- Gallardo Elementary School
- Gardendale Early Learning Program
- H.B. Gonzalez Elementary School
- Harmony Elementary School
- Herff Elementary School
- Heritage Elementary School
- Highland Forest Elementary School
- Highland Hills Elementary School
- Hirsch Elementary School
- Hutchins Elementary School
- Jefferson Elementary School
- L.B. Johnson Elementary School
- Las Palmas Leadership School for Girls
- Loma Park Elementary School
- Madison Elementary School
- Margil Elementary School
- McQueeney Elementary
- Menchaca Early Childhood Center
- Miguel Jr. Carrillo Elementary School
- Palo Alto Elementary School
- Patlan Elementary
- Pearce Elementary School
- Pecan Valley Stem Academy
- Perales STEAM Elementary School
- Price Elementary School
- Rodriguez Elementary
- Roosevelt Dual Language Academy
- Roy Benavidez Elementary School
- Sinclair Elementary School
- Stafford Visual & Performing Arts School
Dallas – Fort-Worth
- A.M. Pate Elementary School
- Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School
- Anson Jones Elementary School
- Arturo Salazar Elementary School
- Birdie Alexander Elementary School
- Blanton Elementary School
- Carroll Peak Elementary School
- Carrollton Elementary School
- Carter Park Elementary School
- César Chávez Learning Center
- Christene C. Moss Elementary School
- Clara Oliver Elementary School
- Clifford Davis Elementary School
- Dale B Davis Elementary School
- Dave Blair Elementary School
- Eastern Hills Elementary School
- Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy
- Edward J Briscoe Elementary
- Elisha M. Pease Elementary School
- F. P. Caillet Elementary School
- Farmers Branch Elementary School
- Furneaux Elementary School
- Glen Park Elementary School
- Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff
- Harlean Beal Elementary School
- Herbert Marcus Leadership Academy
- John Q. Adams Elementary School
- John W. Runyon Elementary School
- Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy
- June R Thompson Elementary School
- Kathryn S. McWhorter Elementary School
- L. L. Hotchkiss Elementary School
- Larry G. Smith Elementary School
- Lee A. McShan Elementary School
- Lida Hooe Elementary School
- M. M. Walton Elementary School
- M.H. Moore Elementary School
- Maple Lawn Elementary School
- Martin Weiss Elementary School
- McKamy Elementary School
- McLaughlin Strickland Elementary School
- Milton L. Kirkpatrick Elementary School
- Mitchell Boulevard Elementary
- Morningside Elementary School
- Oaklawn Elementary School
- Obadiah Knight Elementary School
- Personalized Learning Academy at Highland Meadows
- R.E. Good Elementary School
- Richard Wilson Elementary School
- Riverchase Elementary School
- Rufino Mendoza Elementary School
- S. S. Conner Elementary School
- S. S. Dillow Elementary School
- Sagamore Hill Elementary School
- Seminary Hills Park Elementary School
- Sheffield Primary School
- Sunrise McMillan Elementary School
- Sylvia Mendez CREW Leadership Academy
- T A Sims Elementary School
- T. G. Terry Elementary School
- Tom Landry Elementary School
- Umphrey Lee Elementary School
- Urban Park STEAM Academy
- Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School
- Versia L Williams Elementary
- W.J. Turner Elementary School
- W.M. Green Elementary School
- West Handley Elementary School
- Western Hills Elementary
- Western Hills Primary
- Whitney M. Young Jr. Elementary School
- William M. Anderson Elementary School
Corpus Christi
- Blanche Moore Elementary School
- C.P. Yeager Elementary School
- Calk-Wilson Elementary School
- Cullen Place Elementary School
- Dr. J.A. Garcia Elementary School
- Fred R. Sanders Elementary School
- Gibson Elementary School
- Gilbert J. Mircovich Elementary School
- Gloria Hicks Elementary School
- Ingleside Primary School
- James W. Fannin Elementary School
- Los Encinos Elementary School
- Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School
- Moses Menger Elementary School
- Oak Park Elementary School
- Rafael Galvan Elementary School
- Rose Shaw Elementary School – Media School
- Sam Houston Elementary School
- Schanen Estates Elementary School
- Sinton Elementary School
- Stanley Kostoryz Elementary School
- T.G. Allen Elementary School
- Travis Elementary School
- Welder Elementary School
- Weldon A. Smith Elementary School
- Zavala Elementary School
Austin
- Baty Elementary School
- Bluebonnet Trail Elementary School
- Creedmoor Elementary School
- Decker Elementary School
- Del Valle Elementary School
- Gilbert Elementary School
- Hillcrest Elementary School
- Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School
- Lagos Elementary School
- Newton Collins Elementary School
- Oak Meadows Elementary
- Pioneer Crossing Elementary School
- Popham Elementary School
- Presidential Meadows Elementary School
- Smith Elementary School
How You Can Help
Each year we raise funds from our donors and through events and work with a supplier to get the best price possible for our school supply kits. Your donations help to purchase the supplies for these kits and ensure at-need students gain access to additional education resources.
Each $25 gift allows 3 students to receive a free school supply kit. Your donation allows students to have the tools they need to be successful in the classroom.
We do not have the capacity to collect and/or store donated supplies, nor do we allow community members or organizations to collect supplies on behalf of TEXAS YES.
If you are looking to donate supplies, please reach out to one of the following organizations:
San Antonio:
- Communities in School (210) 520-8440
- San Antonio Food Bank (210) 337-3663
- SA Threads (210) 600-3989
Dallas – Fort Worth:
- Communities in School (214) 827-0955
- North Texas Food Bank (503) 623-3578
Corpus Christi:
- Communities in School (361) 884-8877
- Food Bank of Corpus Christi (361) 887-6291
Austin:
- Communities in School (512) 462-1771
- Central Texas Food Bank (512) 282-2111
- Carrying Hope (backpack donations) info@carryinghope.com