Proud Sponsor of "Stuff the Bus"

Every year many families struggle to buy school supplies for their children. Starting Monday, July 15^th through Saturday, August 3^rd, Mix 96.5 (WOXL) will launch the inaugural “Stuff the Bus” school supply drive together with the Asheville Tourists and Paramount Kia of Asheville that will include multiple events to support Hands On Asheville-Buncombe’s Back to School Supply Drive. 

Mix 96.5 will be on-site with a big white school bus at the July 26^th and July 31^st Asheville Tourists’ games. Fans are invited to donate school supplies and help “Stuff the Bus.” Anyone bringing supplies will be given tickets to a future Asheville Tourists game.

On Saturday, August 3^rd, Mix 96.5 will have the bus on-site from 11am – 1pm at Paramount Kia behind Biltmore Square Mall and from 2 - 4pm at the Tunnel Road location to accept donations for the supply drive. Anyone bringing a full backpack of supplies as detailed by the Hands-On website will receive a $25 gift card to use for service or accessories at either Paramount Kia location plus Paramount Kia will donate one full backpack to the drive for everyone who test drives a vehicle during the events. 

Community members and businesses can help by purchasing new backpacks and other needed items and bringing them to one of these events or at drop off points like the United Way’s Community Services Center at 50 South French Broad Avenue. For a complete list of needed supplies and drop-off sites, visit www.Mix965Asheville.com or www.handsonasheville.org and click on the “Back-to-School Supply Drive” link.
 

All of the school supplies will go to Hands On Asheville-Buncombe, the volunteer center of United Way, to benefit local elementary and middle school students served by organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC, Buncombe County Schools Foundation Fostering Connections Program and Migrant Education Programs, Children First/Communities in Schools, The Literacy Council of Buncombe County, Mountain Area Child and Family Center, The Salvation Army, and programs within the YMCA. 

Since 2007, the Hands On Asheville-Buncombe Back to School Supply Drive has delivered more than 3,000 fully stocked back packs to area students in need, and this year the goal is to add more than 700 to that total with the help of continued support from the community. Hands On will also be accepting monetary donations at United Way’s office or online at www.handsonasheville.org.

For more details on “Stuff the Bus”, please visit www.Mix965Asheville.com. Asheville Radio Group is Western North Carolina’s leading radio advertising company, reaching thousands of listeners every week on the world-class radio stations of Mix 96.5, 98-1 the RIVER, 105.9 The Mountain and ESPN Radio 1310 & 970.