With the help of the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank in North Bend and some other local churches, Mount Si Lutheran Church will be collecting and distributing school supplies for families in need. Students who attend school in the Snoqualmie Valley are strongly encouraged to sign up at the food bank through Wednesday, July 29 for school supplies and shoes.

Supplies and shoes will be handed out August 19 and 26 at the food bank, located at the North Bend Community Church, 146 E. Third St., North Bend.

School supplies, shoes and/or cash donations are being sought. Drop off sites for supplies will be located at Mount Si Lutheran Church in North Bend and Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Snoqualmie. Checks for school supplies can be made out to Helping Hands Schools and mailed to Nancy Flanagan, care of Mount Si Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 487, North Bend, WA 98045.

The supply drive will end on August 7.