HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Fire Department will hold its 3rd annual School Supply Drive for Hutchinson area schools.

The department will be collecting at Walmart, 5th Street Dillons and Dillons Marketplace. School supplies can also be dropped off at any Hutchinson fire station or Allen Samuels. Anyone who donates at Allen Samuels will be eligible for a $500 gift card.

Last year, the fire department collected more than $23,000 worth of school supplies for elementary schools in Hutchinson, Nickerson and Buhler.