Sixth Annual Stuff the Bus Makes an Impact

The United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties recently completed its sixth annual Stuff the Bus program, presented by Hot Topic, to benefit children in Rutherford and Cannon counties. Nearly 15,000 essential school supply items were collected by 70 participating companies and organizations. One hundred and seventy-one volunteers sorted the items at the Stuff the Bus Sort-a-Thon and the supplies were distributed to Rutherford County, Murfreesboro City and Cannon County schools.

McKenna Moore, Director of Volunteer and Strategic Engagement for United Way, said, “School supplies were distributed to Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County central offices and from there disseminated to individual schools. Different students have different needs at any given time, and this allows guidance counselors to hand a student an array of supplies customized to fit their individual situation. The supplies for Cannon County were distributed at the annual We Care Cannon event, which served more than 600 students.”

Organizations, companies and individuals participated in the Sort-a-Thon set up on July 25^th and 26^th and the event on July 28^th  at Hobgood Elementary. Companies participating this year through private donations, in-kind gifts or volunteers included:

Advance Auto Parts

Amazon

Atmos Energy

Backer-Springfield

Beyond Aquatics

Chuck E Cheese

City Auto

City of Murfreesboro

Consumers Insurance

DoubleTree by Hilton

Farmers Insurance

Fifth Third Bank

FirstBank

First Tennessee Bank

Ford of Murfreesboro

General Mills

Hawthorne Park South Apartments

Hilton Garden Inn

Ingram

Journeys in Community Living

Kingdom Ministries Worship Center

LaVergne City Hall

La Quinta Inn

Middle Tennessee Electric Membership

Middle Tennessee State University

Morter Family Chiropractic

Murfreesboro City Schools Central Office

Murfreesboro Electric

Murfreesboro Water & Sewer

Murfreesboro Young Professionals

National Dance Club

Nissan

Old Navy

Once Upon A Child

Parks

Patterson Park Community Center

Quinn’s Mercantile

Redstone Federal Credit Union

Regal Beloit

Residence Inn

Revolution Chiropractic

Roscoe Brown, Inc.

Rutherford County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office

Rutherford County Register of Deeds

Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

State Farm – Agent Dana Womack

State Farm – Agent Jeannie Almond

State Farm – Agent Joel Laird

State Farm – Agent Bill Hayes

Steel Technologies

Thompson Services

Townplace Suites

Toyota of Murfreesboro

US Bank

Verizon

Wilson Bank & Trust

Don & Hanna Witherspoon

The Woodlands Neighborhood

United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties

Stuff the Bus event sponsors included: Hot Topic, State Farm, Amazon, Kasai, City Auto, UPS, Schneider Electric, Quinn’s Mercantile, Kennametal, Wastequip, Murfreesboro City Schools and International Paper.

For more information about volunteering with United Way, visit www.unitedwayvolunteer.org.