First Colfax ‘Stuff the Bus’ will help students start school year

A big yellow school bus was parked in the Colfax Rosauers parking lot accepting donations for school supplies for low income children for three days last week.

“We didn’t count our supplies, but that bus was full,” said Whitney Aguilar, an organizer of the Stuff the Bus campaign.

Colfax Supt. Michael Morgan said this year’s in-kind donations topped previous results from similar drives. The is the first year Colfax has participated under the Stuff the Bus format, Aguilar said.

“We’re not done yet,” Aguilar said. “An additional 125 sets have been packed and will be given to Colfax from Pullman K...