BACKPACKS FOR KIDS
What is Backpacks for Kids?
This program provides children and youth from low-income households with the needed items for a successful school year.
Distributed through schools and community agencies, these kits provide kids and teens the opportunity to share the common experience of their peers – one of excitement for the new school year – while alleviating the financial burden for families. Together, we have distributed over 45,000 backpacks and kits since 2002.
Supplies Included:
- Backpack
- Lunch Bag
- Water Bottle
Calculator
- Binder
- Paper
- Pencils
- Pens
- Glue
- Pencil Crayons
- Eraser
- Ruler
- Pencil Case
- Highlighter
- Pencil Sharpener
Scissors
Due to COVID-19, the Backpacks for Kids program has been adjusted to meet safety requirements.
In lieu of the traditional backpack full, children and youth in need will be provided with a pencil case full of the essentials as well as a $25 gift card to purchase additional required supplies.
- Calculator
- Pencils
- Pens
- Glue
- Pencil Crayons
- Eraser
- Ruler
- Pencil Case
- Highlighter
- Pencil Sharpener
- Scissors
$25 Gift Card
How to get involved
Sponsor your own packing party. Have you and your coworkers or a group of friends get together to help pack all of the supplies into backpacks or pencil cases. We always need packages ready to give to children in the community. The program typically runs once per year in August. Contact [email protected] to learn more about how a packing party works.
Program Testimonials
“Backpacks for Kids is more than merely giving a child a bag of school supplies. It’s a bag packed with compassion, hope, and a world of possibilities.”
“Thanks to Backpacks for Kids, I was able to give my daughter everything she needs for school. It was a huge relief for me and family. I don’t know what I would’ve done without you guys.”