DSP Community Outreach Unit announces Operation BACKpack project
The Delaware State Police Community Outreach Unit has created a program to help school aged children get what they need for school.
Troopers say they are asking for help with donations to fill backpacks with school supplies. These troopers are working with organizations in their communities to collect and donate school supplies, and donations can be taken to Headquarters in Dover or to each Troop statewide.
Donations will be collected from July 16 – August 12, and the donations will be presented for the 2016-2017 school year.
A list of supplies needed is as follows:
- Backpacks
- No. 2 pencils
- Spiral notebooks
- Washable Crayola crayons box of 24
- Large pink erasers
- Pencil cases
- Colored pencils
- Washable markers
- Loose leaf wide ruled paper
- Highlighters
- Composition books
- 3 ring binders
- Plastic folders with pockets
- Tissue boxes
- Hand sanitizer
If you need to contact any of the Troopers in the Community Outreach Unit, you can call:
Master Corporal Mike Austin
New Castle County
302-365-8466
Corporal/1 Heather Imhof
Kent and Southern New Castle County
302-698-8520
Master Corporal Ricky Hargis
Eastern Sussex County
302-752-3804
Corporal/1 Juanita Huey-Smith
Western Sussex County
302-232-3459
