SCETV Palmetto Pencil Project 2026

South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) is excited to announce the return of the Palmetto Pencil Project, a statewide teacher supply drive aimed at supporting educators and classrooms across South Carolina.  

The initiative reinforces SCETV’s continued commitment to education and community engagement. Dates for the Palmetto Pencil Project drop off is; July 1–31, individuals and community groups are invited to donate classroom essentials that directly benefit teachers and enhance student learning.   

Requested School supply items include: • Writing Tools: Pencils, Pens, Markers, Colored pencils, Crayons, Dry erase markers • Paper Products: Printing paper, Notebook paper, Construction paper, Composition     notebooks, Spiral notebooks, and Copy paper. • Folders/Envelopes: Two-pocket folders, Manila folders/envelopes • Adhesives: Glue sticks, Scotch tape refills, Whiteout • Desk Supplies: Erasers, Staplers/Staples, Post-it notes, Scissors • Cleaning and Hygiene: Kleenex, Hand sanitizer, Lysol wipes, and Ziploc bags.

The locations for dropping off the school supplies are:  

1.) ETV Upstate Studio- 375 Hodge Drive Media Building Spartanburg, SC 29303; 

2.) Chapman Cultural Center- West Wing Lobby (Carlos Dupré Mosley Building) 200 E. St. John St. Spartanburg, SC 29306; 

3.) Urban League of the Upstate Entrepreneurship and Career Development Center (ECDC Building)- 821 Whitlock St. Spartanburg, SC 29301 Rock Hill; 

4.) ETV Carolinas- 452 S. Anderson Rd. Rock Hill, SC 29730; 

5.) Sumter area location: Tin Lizzie's Café of Sumter- 105 E. Wesmark Blvd., Suite 1 Sumter, SC 29150; 6.) Lowcountry area location:  ETV Lowcountry- 925 Ribaut Rd. Beaufort, SC 29902; 

7.)  Midland's area locations: SCETV Columbia Studios (Front Lobby Entrance) -

      1041 George Rogers Blvd. Columbia, SC 29201; 

8.) Gibson's Jewelers Inc. - 2701 Rosewood Dr., Suite C Columbia, SC 29201;

9.) Battle Animal Care Clinic - 9367 Garners Ferry Rd. Hopkins, SC 29061.