The Pencil Box

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.

Every year, you show up for the teachers and students who need it most. This year, we're going to rock the route for education at Cain's Ballroom.

Save the date! Rock Paper Scissors 2026, Friday, October 2. Dinner, drinks, live music, dancing, and a live and silent auction, all in support of our children and the teachers who show up for them every day. Route 66 turns 100 this year, and there is no better place to mark that than right here on the Mother Road.

More details coming soon at thepencilbox.org/rps.

Since 2015, The Pencil Box has provided $8.7 million in supplies to 2,195 individual teachers, impacting 257,488 students across Tulsa County.

None of it happens without you.

This week, we wrapped up teacher shopping for school year 2025. We are reflecting on every teacher and child who walked into their classroom a little more prepared and a little more hopeful because of you, our supporters. Back to work getting ready for school year 2026 on Monday.

April is National Volunteer Month, and we have some people to thank.

In 2025, 532 volunteers gave 5,200 hours to The Pencil Box. Some show up every week, Monday through Wednesday, keeping our store stocked and our shelves ready for the teachers who depend on us. Others come as a group, a workplace team, a faith community, a class, and give a few hours that end up meaning a lot.

All of it adds up to hundreds of teachers and thousands of students walking into classrooms with what they need.

To everyone who has volunteered your time and talent , thank you.