The Black Diamond Community Center is now collecting school supplies for its Back to School Supplies program to help low-income families in the greater Black Diamond area.

Items needed: backpacks, three-ring binders, spiral notebooks, paper packs, folders, calculators, Fiskar scissors, glue sticks, ball-point pens, markers, colored pencils, pink erasers, #2 pencils, pencil boxes and pouches.

Donations can be dropped off at the community center at 31605 Third Ave (state Route 169) in Black Diamond.

Community center officials request that donations be dropped off by Monday, Aug. 17.

Call 360-886-1011 for more information.

The BDCC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.