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McDonald's exchanging McCafe for school supplies


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Originally Posted Online: July 13, 2012, 10:21 pm
Last Updated: July 14, 2012, 11:48 pm
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McDonald's restaurants at 1800 36th Ave., Moline, and 727 42nd Ave., East Moline, will give people cards for a free small McCafe beverage in exchange for school supplies for local needy families.

The program Monday through Saturday, July 21. People should show their items to a McDonald's employee before placing them in a bin in the lobby and receiving a McCafe beverage card.

School supplies needed include loose-leaf paper, spiral notebooks, colored and regular pencils, pencil boxes, pocket folders, pens, crayons, glue sticks, composition notebooks, tissues, backpacks, scissors, erasers, washable markers, watercolor paints, dry erase markers, hand sanitizer and more.





















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