WESTPORT — School supplies are being collected by the Westport Domestic Violence Task Force to support children residing in the region’s Domestic Violence Crisis Center safe houses.

The campaign, supported by the Westport Rotary Club and the Positive Directions agency, is planned from Sunday, July 28, through Sunday, Aug. 4.

Donations of school supplies can be dropped off at Police Department headquarters, 50 Jesup Road, and the Positive Directions offices, 90 Post Road West.

Clients of the Domestic Violence Crisis Center are looking for items to help prepare their children for the new academic year, according to organizers of the project.

Among the donations being sought are: backpacks, notebooks, pens/pencils/highlighters/crayons, lunch boxes, 3-by-3 sticky note pads, three-ring binders, graphing calculators and gift cards for use at retailers like Staples, Target, Walmart and Amazon.

For more information about the Westport Domestic Violence Task Force, click here.