Communities In Schools of Renton (CISR) continues to collect school supplies through the end of the month for local kids.

The drive is an effort to get children in the area ready to go back to school, which begins in Renton on Sept. 4.

CISR will distribute the collected supplies directly to children in the Renton School District through their family and academic liaisons.

The school supply drive runs now through July 31 and drop off sites cover a number of different community organizations and locations.

• What’s needed: sturdy backpacks, two-inch binders, 24-pack Crayons, markers, pencil boxes and pouches, wide and college-ruled notebook paper, erasers, Fiskars-type scissors, Texas Instruments Scientific calculators, highlighters, USB drives, two-pocket folders, pencil sharpeners, composition books without spirals and notebook dividers.

Drop-off locations:

Columbia Bank, 333 S.W. 7th

Renton City Hall Lobby, 1055 S. Grady Way

Renton Community Center, 1715 Maple Valley Highway

Valley Medical Center, Main Campus: ER Entrance, Fitness Center pool end

Valley Medical Fairwood Primary Care, 14410 S.E. Petrovitsky Road, Suite 104

Valley Medical Highlands Primary Care, 451 Duvall Ave. N.E., Suite 100

Valley Medical North Benson Urgent Care, 10555 S.E. Carr Rd. Building M

Valley Medical Urgent Care @ The Landing

Walker’s Renton Mazda, 200 S. Grady Way

Walker’s Renton Subaru, 720 Rainier Ave. S.