VFW accepting school supplies

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 852 is accepting donations of school supplies to help families in need in Lawrence.

The “Backpack Mania” drive will be held until Aug. 1. School supply lists can be picked up at the post, 130 Ala., where monetary donations or supplies can be dropped off. The VFW building is open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and from 1 p.m. Saturdays to 2 a.m. Sundays. VFW members also can pick up donations.

For more information, call Judy Gragg, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, at 749-2322.