(KNZA)--With back to school time just around the corner, the Brown County Sheriff's office has launch a drive to collect donated school supplies.

The Sheriff’s Office says they want your help as they “Pack the Patrol Pickup.”

You can bring your school supply donations to the lobby of the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, located at 709 Utah Street in Hiawatha, anytime now through August 22nd. Monetary donations will also be accepted.

On Monday ( August 3rd) the Sheriff's Office plans a special event to kick off the donation drive. They will be grilling hot dogs from 11 to 1. The first 250 people to drive through behind the Sheriff’s Office – where the Summer Lunch Program has been – to drop off a donation will get a free hot dog.

All items collected will be distributed to Horton and Hiawatha Schools in the pickup.

For more information, you can contact Cynthia Linck at the Sheriff's Office at 785-742-3188.