Miss C Go to the doller store..or look around for adds. There are places that have really good deal on back to school stuff. Like paper for 10 cents and pencils 10 cents. I remeber when I was in school as a kid no supplies no lunch no nothing and then when we were in foster homes the same thing and moving school to school and never feeling prepared. Its not a warm fuzzy feeling. i also have an idea you could do sometime when you have more money its worked to help me, even though i have adopted my neices and have tons of back to school stuff to buy, maybe you could in the futrure get a list from a local school and buy the supplies that lets say a second grader or whatever age seems right to you would need and donate it to the school for a child who shows up with nothing. One year when my daughter was in headstart I bought a coat hat and mittens for a little boy whos mom was struggling to learn how to put her kids first. There are so many kids in foster homes or in reg homes who need the school supplies to go to school and it would brighten their day. Or you could donate a coat or whatever. It may help. Just an idea