First Day Fund

Gifts donated to the First Day Fund are used to purchase school supplies for students in need. Since 2006, Quad City area schools and volunteer groups have coordinated a combined supply drive effort through the First Day Project: Quad City-Wide Student Supply Drive. The First Day Project unites Quad City area school supply drives to meet the needs of students who require help in obtaining school supplies.

Approximately 24,000 students in Quad City schools are from families with incomes low enough to be eligible for Free & Reduced fee waivers for school meals and fees. Some of Quad City area school districts have an average as high as 70% of students qualifying for Free & Reduced. The First Day Project will supply thousands of Quad City students with the items they need to start their school year with confidence.

COORDINATED BY: Bettendorf Community School District & Police Department, Davenport Community School District, First Day Fund Inc., Moline School District #40, Pleasant Valley Community School District, Rock Island/Milan School District #41, Port Byron Schools, and UTHS District #30 and feeder schools.