Obama Campaign Donates Campaign Office Leftovers to Schools

Schmalzried said the district was also invited to clear out the office of everything -- and the schools took file cabinets, file folders, paper shredders, pens, clipboards, paper, paint and butterfly clips. Much of the haul was bulk ordered by the Obama campaign and never used.

The Sto-Rox school district is in within a community stricken by poverty. There are four housing projects nearby, and 78 percent of the students in the school district rely on federally-funded school lunches.

The donation has been about more than just simple utility to the students. They are just as excited about the donor.

Old campaign signs have been a hit in the Pennsylvania school district's high schools -- with teenagers lining up by the principal's office to claim pieces of memorabilia that were donated along with the other supplies.

In the middle school library, a learning center has been set up with the donated computers. Schmalzried said the area may be nicknamed "The Obama Room," because the kids like to say they are working on Obama's computers.

The John McCain campaign has also been charitable with campaign office supplies.

Because McCain took public financing in the general election, the FEC required the campaign to try to sell anything in the offices first before giving it away. But after complying with that request, the campaign has given away unsold office furniture and supplies to several churches and schools located nearby.

ABC's Bret Hovell contributed to this report