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We accept donations of basic stationery items (new, not used) at several drop off points across Sydney. From there our volunteers put together kits for Primary School and for High School students and distribute them to kids in need via their schools. We are currently accepting donations of:

 

• Pens (Blue/Black/Red)
• Pencils
• Pencil cases
• Rulers (15cm preferred)
• Scissors
• Pencil sharpeners
• Erasers
• Highlighters
• Glue sticks
• Colour pencils/textas

We also accept donations of other items such as geometry sets and scientific calculators, and other basic stationery needs.

  You can donate in one of 3 ways:

• Drop off items at one of our drop off points across Sydney. See our Facebook for details.
• Send a gift card for a stationery retailer to our postal address.
• Place an online order and have it shipped to our postal address.
• Purchase items directly from Select office National, who will ship the items to us.

For more information, please like our Facebook page. If you would like to host a collection on our behalf send us an e-mail for more information. Our postal address is: Got A Pen? 29 Finlayson St Lane Cove, NSW, 2066

 

You can still contribute even if you can’t get to a drop off. You can send items to our postal address, or place an online order with a stationery retailer and have it shipped to our postal address: Got A Pen? 29 Finlayson St Lane Cove, NSW, 2066

As we are giving these kits to children who may have never had their own equipment we only accept new stationery. If you have used items that you would like to save from landfill you can approach your local community centre or youth program who will often accept supplies for their arts and crafts programs.

If you would like to host a collection drive on behalf of “Got A Pen?” you can send us an email at info@gotapen.com.au for more information. We can send you some resources and instructions on how to host a collection drive within your community or organisation.

No. Some schools are able to provide stationery to their students, although most charge a ‘book pack’ or similar fee for this service. Many schools, particularly in low socio-economic areas, do not have the resources to provide these materials.

To choose where to target we look at ABS/ATO data in conjunction with The Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA), which was created by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. We determine which areas may have a lower average family income, and thus may have more children living in poverty. We then contact welfare coordinators at schools and ask whether they feel that students at their school could benefit from stationery kits. Welfare coordinators are best positioned to determine which children need donations, and this also protects the child’s privacy.

We would love to hear from you! Please email us at info@gotapen.com.au

We are still young! We only launched on 1 January, 2016. While we have aspirations to expand and reach communities across Australia we are starting local. Please ‘like’ our Facebook page to keep up to date with any news.

One of our founders is a high school teacher. She comes across children on a daily basis who don’t have basic stationery needed to participate in class. In 2015 she started collecting supplies in an ad hoc way to distribute to the students that she teaches. She ended up collecting more than she needed for her own school, so contacted welfare coordinators at other schools to offer them supplies. Later that year she decided to expand the project, and with the help of a friend “Got a Pen?” launched on 1 January 2016.

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