National Honor Society (NHS) will begin their annual school supplies drive and book drive starting next week and will be accepting any donations to deliver to underprivileged children.

The school supplies drive begins on March 9, the night new NHS members are inducted. The drive will continue for two weeks after induction and will be open to all students.

“We decided to set up a system where all students can donate supplies in their math classes during the two weeks and they can donate in their lunch period during the second week,” Nicole Hu, senior and co-chair of the school supply drive, said. “There will be boxes in math classes and we will tally supplies for certain students’ classes if they donate during lunch too. The class who donates the most supplies will win a prize.”

The club’s objective is to collect as many supplies as possible to donate to underprivileged children.

“I wanted to chair this event because it is a nice way to help others outside of our community,” Hu said. “Last year, the students in charge of the event went down to the school in the city to drop off the supplies. I personally would love to drop off the supplies and talk to the kids and see us helping others in action.”

Similar to the school supply drive, members in NHS will be running a book drive shortly after.

“We are starting the book drive the week of March 9 in the library,” Erin Adams, co-chair of the book drive, said. “There will also be a competition in English classes the week of March 16 and the class who donates the most will get a pizza or doughnut party. The weeks after that, students will be able to continue donating books in the library.”

As for the books’ final destination, the club is still deciding the location.

“Last year, the club went through St. Francis to distribute the books, and we are considering doing that again this year,” Adams said. “Despite where we send them, we want to collect higher than 150 to 200 books, and we are considering going to middle schools to collect books also.”

With no final destination set, students are encouraged to donate any type of books, according to Adams.

“Any type of books for students will be accepted. The goal is to get books for kids who can’t read or those who can’t afford the books,” Adams said. “Books are good to have at any age, and I believe the book drive is a good event. Reading is a form of entertainment anyone can enjoy, and even though we have the internet and TV, books will always be a good option for anyone.”