If you're Southern Nevada, we're having a school supply drive at SOS Radio. You can drop supplies off at SOS Radio on 2201 S. 6th St. in Vegas from 9-5 Monday through Friday.

There are school supply drives in cities big and small nationwide. If you don't have school-age kids or can buy extra supplies, I would encourage you to find a drive in your area. If you can't find a local drive, contact a local school and offer to donate the supplies directly to them. I don't know any school that would turn away supplies if they are offered.

To keep all of the information in one place for you, I will update weekly with what the freebies and extra good deals are on school supplies throughout this season. If I can get all of the ads in time, I'll post on Saturday for the following week. If I can't get the deals ahead of time, I'll have them posted by Sunday afternoon. If there's a school drive supply in your area, feel free to post the info in the comments to let others know about it.

And without further ado, here are the freebies and great deals on school supplies for this week:

Staples: (If you are a teacher, you can get 25 of the extreme deal items)

• Washable school glue $.01 (Sun-Wed only with a $5 minimum purchase) (lt. 2)
• Bic Matic Grip assorted mechanical pencils (5pk) $.25 (lt. 2)
• Slider pencil case $.25 (lt. 2)
• Staples 3x5 white ruled index cards (100ct) $.25 (lt. 2)
• Staples Photo Plus 4x6 paper (60ct) $9.99 - ($9.74) ESR = $.25 (lt. 2)
• Hammermill CopyPlus Copy Paper (500ct) $4.99- ($3.99) ESR = $1 (lt. 2)
• 50% off backpacks...this is a decent deal if you have to buy one anyway and/or want a nicer one
• Expo 8.9x11.8 double-sided writing and math practice dry-erase board $2 (lt. 2) (lined like handwriting paper...this is MUCH easier for young ones to use when beginning to write)

Office Depot:

•  Expo Fine Point Dry-Erase Markers (4pk) $5.29 - ($5.29) Rebate = Free (lt. 1)

Wal-Mart:

• Composition Notebooks $.25
• Crayola Crayons $.25 (this price is varying from $.25-$.35, depending on your area)
• RoseArt Crayons $.20
• Other decent deals worth checking out but not listed in the ad

CVS: (No school supply deals this week, but there are some good freebies)

• Bayer Contour Meter $14.99 - ($10) 4/25/10 RP - ($5) ECB = Free + $.01
• Celsius Green Tea (4pk) $7.99 - ($2) ip - ($7.99) ECB = Free + $2
• M&Ms Pretzel Chocolate Candies (1.14oz) 2/$1 - (b1g1f) 6/27/10 RP - ($1wyb2) ECB = 2 Free + $.50
• CVS Hand Sanitizer Pen - (e-mail coupon you can get until 7/18) = Free

Office Max:

• Purell Hand Sanitizer (0.5oz) $.10
• All Just Basics Ballpoint Pens (10pk) $.20

Office Max: (These deals are online only and you must have their card to get the deals.)

• (In)Place Heavy Duty Binders $6.49 - ($6.49) MPR = Free (lt. 6)
• (In)Place Heavy Weight Manilla File Folders (50ct) $8.99 - ($8.99) MPR = Free (lt. 6)
• Office Max Filler Paper College or Wide (150ct) $1.50 - ($1.50) MPR = Free (lt. 6)
• Office Max 2 pocket folders (24pk) $8.99 - ($8.99) = Free (lt. 6)

Walgreens:

• Colgate Advanced Toothpaste (5.8oz) $3.49 - ($1) DAY pg9 - ($3.50) RR = Free + $1.01
• Colgate Advanced Toothpaste (5.8oz) $3.49 - ($1) 7/11 SS - ($3.50) RR = Free + $1.01
• Colgate Advanced Toothpaste (5.8oz) $3.49 - ($.75) ip - ($3.50) RR = Free + $.76
• Pilot G2 Pens (2pk) $1.19 - ($1) ivc = $.19
• Penway older $.09
• Highlighter Singles $.09
• Wooden Ruler $.09
  
• Corner Office Sheet Protectors (10pk) $.29
• Corner Office  5 tab dividers $.39
• Penway Cap Erasers (15pk) $.39
• Poly or 3 Ring Binder $.39
• Bic Brite Liner Highlighters (5pk) $.49
• School Box $.49
• Dual Pencil Sharpener $.59 w/ac (lt. 6)
• White-Out Fluid (0.6oz) $.59

If you have any questions about a particular abbreviation or word, check out my coupon definitions. If you still can't find the answer, post here or shoot me an e-mail. Want to see the best grocery deals for your area? Check out Savings Angel. I use them when I'm short on time or not feeling well but still need groceries for the week.