News Release
City of Montrose
To help prepare local Montrose County School District students for success in the upcoming school year, the Montrose Police Department is hosting its 2026 School Supply Drive until Tuesday, August 11.
Officers will be collecting school supplies to help our local students and teachers get back to school with everything they need to have a great year.
Anyone interested in helping can drop off supplies at the Montrose Police Department lobby located at 434 South First Street in downtown Montrose, Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., through August 11.
Useful items include crayons, dry-erase markers, pencils, tissues, glue sticks, composition books, headphones, earbuds, highlighters, pocket folders, backpacks, colored pencils, loose-leaf paper, and erasers.
Don’t have time to shop? Let the PD do the shopping for you. Drop off gift cards at the reception window inside the Police Department lobby at 434 South First Street.
This year, the Police Department has made it even easier to donate items by partnering with local organizations to act as additional drop-off locations:
• Montrose Police Department Lobby, 434 S 1st St
• The Association, 39 W Main St
• Timberline Bank, 1561 Oxbow Dr
• DMEA, 11925 6300 Rd
Senior command staff, members of the Montrose City Council, and members of the Montrose County School District RE-1J, gather to organize hundreds of donated school supplies during the Montrose Police Department’s 2023 school supply drive.
Montrose Police Chief Blaine Hall said officers plan to gather the donated supplies in the Police Department lobby for school district representatives to receive after the drive has concluded in August.
“The Montrose Police Department is very excited to coordinate a school supply drive with our donation partners this year and in partnership with the Montrose County School District,” Hall said. “We hope having additional drop-off locations will make the supply drive an even greater success this year. ”
Hall said he is proud to know that throughout the school year, teachers can distribute these supplies to kids who are in need. The Police Department has worked to make the school supply drive an annual event to help support local youths, according to Hall.
“Thank you so much to all of our citizens who donate,” Hall said.
For more information about the Montrose Police Department, visit MontrosePD.com
