Staples, Ciara team up for DoSomething drive

Framingham office supplies retailer Staples Inc. said it is teaming up with DoSomething.org for a school supply drive.

To promote the drive, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ciara (left) will star in in a public service announcement that will air on television and radio stations nationwide starting in July; Ciara will encourage teens to make a difference this summer by collecting school supplies and dropping them off at their nearest Staples store, from July through September, Staples said in a press release.

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DoSomething.org is an organization that believes teenagers have the power to make a difference.

As part of the second annual national Do Something 101 school supply drive, Staples said it will donate more than $125,000 worth of school supplies to the program.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff. File photo of Ciara: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images North America.)