The Pencil Box

And so it begins! The start of a new school year. Off to deliver school supplies to teachers at outlying partner schools across Tulsa County! Serving 66 schools this year. Cheers to fresh starts and much successful learning in SY2026!

Together, we can prepare our kids and support their teachers. Together, we can instill hope and provide a brighter future. Please donate today at any Mabrey Bank.

We have one week left in our School Supply Drive! ✏️🎒📓

Donate new, in-package supplies to any of our Mabrey locations and drop them off in the lobby at our dropboxes. These donations will benefit a nonprofit or school in your community! We are collecting supplies through Friday, July 24, so don't wait to bring in your supplies!

Bixby ➡️ Bixby Outreach Center
Glenpool ➡️ The Pencil Box
Haskell ➡️ Haskell Public Schools
Morris ➡️ Morris Public Schools
Muskogee ➡️ Lake Area United Way Oklahoma
OKC ➡️ Positive Tomorrows
Okmulgee ➡️ Okmulgee Public Schools
Tulsa ➡️ The Pencil Box
Weleetka ➡️ Weleetka Public Schools
Wetumka ➡️ Wetumka Public Schools

Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender

What a great day hanging with the KJRH Channel 2 team and fellow Tulsans during the News 2 Cares School Supply Drive! Thank you, KJRH! Thank you, Tulsa! Today, you showed you care by showing up and dropping off school supply to prepare students and support teachers. And then to top it off, Scripps Howard presented us a check for $1,500! Making a difference. Changing lives!
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Yay Tinker Federal Credit Union! Thank you for sponsoring the News 2 Cares School Supply Drive! 📚✏️✂️🎓

Can’t wait to see you! Come by, say hi, and drop off critical supplies and monetary donations to prepare students, support teachers, equalize the classroom, and change lives. Together, we can! 📚✂️✏️🎒🎓

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE - JULY 15th 🎒✏️📗✂️

THIS WEDNESDAY come and drop off new school supplies outside the 2 News Studios at 3701 S. Peoria and help support children in need all over Green Country!

Bring pencils ✏️, paper 📖, backpacks🎒, scissors✂️ and more!
All donations will go to the Pencil Box!

See you Wednesday!!

This is community! Prepare students! Support teachers! Donate now until July 24 at any Mabrey Bank Tulsa branch to ensure every child has the supplies they need for successful learning.

School Supply Drive - Year 6! ✏️🎒🍎

Starting today through July 24, we are hosting our 6th Annual School Supply Drive across all Mabrey locations! Each branch will donate the supplies collected at their branch to support students and teachers in their local community this upcoming school year. Read below where your supplies will be donated.

Bixby ➡️ Bixby Outreach Center
Glenpool ➡️ The Pencil Box
Haskell ➡️ Haskell Public Schools
Morris ➡️ Morris Public Schools
Muskogee ➡️ Lake Area United Way Oklahoma
OKC ➡️ Positive Tomorrows
Okmulgee ➡️ Okmulgee Public Schools
Tulsa ➡️ The Pencil Box
Weleetka ➡️ Weleetka Public Schools
Wetumka ➡️ Wetumka Public Schools

Drop boxes are located in the lobbies of the branches, and we would love for you to stop by your Mabrey branch to donate!

Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender

Pretty toes for you and pencils for students! Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with a Firecracker Fizz pedicure and Archer Nail Bar Tulsa will donate $2 to The Pencil Box!

Big shout out to Bank of Oklahoma for hosting their second annual Guide the Giving Nonprofit Expo! We had a great time meeting and visiting with BOK employees who were genuinely interested in learning about our mission and the work we do to prepare students for learning. We are so honored to be selected to participate and grateful for the opportunity. Thank you, BOK!

School year 2025 at The Pencil Box is complete, and the numbers tell a story we are proud to share. This year, 535 teacher partners shopped The Pencil Box on behalf of 25,639 students across 59 Tulsa County public schools, selecting supplies matched to their classroom needs. Together, we distributed $1,314,525 in free school supplies, and the impact reaches far beyond the shelves. Follow along in the coming weeks as we share what school year 2025 meant for our children, their teachers, and their classrooms. Together, we are giving our children the tools they need to believe in what is possible.

A student at one of our partner schools sat down, picked up a pencil, and wrote this letter to you. Not to us. To you.

"Your kind donation will help a ton of students, including myself, to be ready and prepared to keep on learning and keep on fighting for our dreams and goals. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

This is why we do what we do. Every supply that comes through our doors carries a message to a child like them: someone believes in you. Someone invested in your future. You are worth it.

Thank you for making that possible. Together, we are giving our children the tools to dream, to fight, and to soar.