Public Safety Supports Back to School Event in Harlem: Donate Today!

August 09, 2023

The Department of Public Safety, along with other Facilities and Operations' Construction Business Initiatives and Columbia Community Service is proud to support the 6th Annual Back-2-School community event hosted by the 26th Precinct Community Affairs along with Manhattan Community Board 9, by collecting school supplies and distributing them to local students on Thursday, August 31 at Old Broadway between 125th and 126th Street, from 1 - 5 p.m. The event will feature a school supplies distribution, entertainment, refreshments, and other resources.

If you would like to donate, you can drop off donations of books, pens, pencils, rulers, crayons, notebooks, backpacks, calculators, binders, and folders to the following locations, no later than Monday, August 28: 

Morningside Campus - 24 hours:

  • Public Safety Operations Office Room 111 Low Library

Manhattanville Campus - 24 hours:

  • Public Safety Operations 3270 Broadway (East side of Broadway between 131st and 132nd Street)

Medical Center - 24 hours:

  • Public Safety Operations William Black Medical Research Building (650 West 168th Street) Room 109

Barnard College: Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

  • Office of Community Engagement & Inclusion, Milbank 010
  • CARES Response Suite, First Floor, Elliott Hall

 Teachers College:  Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

  • Office of Community & Diversity Affairs (128 Zankel)
  • Office of Public Safety (Whittier Hall,1A)

Contact Ricardo Morales, Assistant Director, Columbia Public Safety for more information at [email protected]