‘Stuff the Bus’ 2024 Exceeds Expectations

United Way of Lake County’s Stuff the Bus supply drive provides students in Lake County, IL with new school supplies—preparing them for their academic studies, building their self-esteem, and setting them up for success. We are pleased to share the results of our sixth annual supply drive.

We are thrilled to share that we exceeded our Stuff the Bus 2024 goal!

We prepared 3,775 backpacks full of supplies that have been distributed to students throughout Lake County!

We also distributed 300 teacher kits!

Thank you so much to the 100+ companies and donors who supported this drive and the 130+ volunteers who donated their time to pack, sort, and stuff each backpack.

We are so proud that many more children will have the supplies they need to succeed during this new school year!

Thank you to the many organizations that donated supplies and their time to make Stuff the Bus a success this year:

• A Crazy Place Venues
• A.L. Hansen
• Abbott Laboratories
• AbbVie
• Aldridge Group
• Alight
• Ally Financial
• Amcor
• American Casino
• American College of CHEST Physicians
• Angel’s Boxing Academy
• Annunciation of our Lady – Episcopal Church, Gurnee
• Assured Health
• Baxter – Infusion Therapies and Technologies
• Bethel Lutheran Church, Gurnee
• Brunswick Corporation
• CB Mills
• CDW
• City of Hope
• Clara Abbott Foundation
• CompX
• Consumers Credit Union
• CVS
• Deer Park Town Center
• Dragon Martial Arts
• Elevance Health
• Everleight Vernon Hills
• Fischer Paper
• Fulton Grace Realty
• Grease Monkey
• Great Wolf Lodge
• Gurnee Park District
• HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION
• Home Roots CrossFit
• Huntington Bank
• Insperity
• Jabil
• Jessie’s Auto Tech
• Jimano’s Pizza
• Kubota Engine America
• Lake County Clerk’s Office
• Lake County Government
• Lake County Treasurer’s Office
• Lake County Workforce Development
• LC Division of Transportation Employees
• Leaders United
• LGBTQ+ Center of Lake Co
• Macy’s
• Medline
• Nemera
• Noote Partners x Compass Real Estate
• Northwestern Medicine
• Nosco
• Novelis
• NSG
• Old National Bank
• Orthodontic Experts
• P&G
• Peter Baker and Sons
• Pfizer
• Pharma Logistics
• Promotional Products Partners
• Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp
• Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science
• Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
• Shining Stars
• Six Flags Great America
• SKF
• Sysmex
• TRIO
• Trustmark
• UCC Environmental
• Warren Township
• Wildwood Presbyterian Church
• Woodland Foods
• Wurth Baer
• Yorktown Tavern
• ZF Industries