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How Can our CHS Community Help?

9/26/2025 9:56 pm

WHATEVER TIME, TALENT OR ENERGY YOU HAVE, THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN HELP! 

SUPPLY DRIVES
Help keep the Giving Closet stocked with on-hand essentials and prepared for care package events all year long. Food, personal care products, and other items can be dropped off at CHS or ordered for direct-delivery through our Cougar Cares Wish List. The list changes depending on the season and current needs, but you can order off the Wish List anytime you'd like to support the Giving Closet. Keep an eye out for specific needs in the weekly newsletter and on socials. 

 SHOP THE LIST

WEEKLY SNACKS
Sign up to drop off fruit and snacks. Donations are needed every single week through June; pick a week (or more!) that works for you! 
Fruit is gobbled up in an instant: clementines, oranges, bags of mini carrots, or apples (NO BANANAS PLEASE). Students also love granola bars (like Nutri-grain, Quaker, and chewy nut-free), Rice Krispie treats, goldfish, peanut butter crackers, fruit snacks, trail mix or any other individually-wrapped snacks. Individual cereal boxes are a huge hit!

 STOCK UP ON SNACKS


IN PERSON
Volunteer to help in the Counseling Center on Tuesdays and Fridays. Parents restock and organize the Giving Closet and distribute all that fruit! It's a great way to get a peek inside CHS during the school day. 

VOLUNTEER @ CHS


PROM SHOP
Got formalwear? Set it aside for Prom Shop! Dresses, tuxes, suits, shoes and accessories ... help our CHS kids look their best at prom this spring. We'll start collecting early 2026, then we'll need help mid-spring sorting, setting up Prom Shop, and helping students shop. Everything—including minor alterations—is FREE at CHS Prom Shop!

 

DONATE to the CHS HSA. Your support funds Cougar Cares' essential programs and so much more!

DONATE

 Thank you for helping fund our mission!
The Columbia Home and School Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization. All donations are greatly appreciated and will be used to support our CHS community.