Every child wants to fit in at school, but showing up the first day without the basic supplies required for their grade makes that struggle even more difficult. Volunteers of America's Operation Backpack provides school supplies and backpacks to thousands of homeless children in need across the country. Make a donation today that can fill a backpack for a needy child in your community.
Your gift will not only fill the backpack with such necessities as a notebook and pencils, but it will provide hope and inspiration for those boys and girls who find everything about school a struggle. Many of them are homeless, living in foster care, or come from families that are barely managing to keep body and soul together in these difficult times.
When you provide a deserving child with school supplies and help fund a Volunteers of America-sponsored after school and mentoring program, you give them a chance to go back to school like every other kid and a chance to succeed in life.
Please also take a moment to send a personal note with your gift through our online form. That way, the children who receive filled backpacks or attend a program sponsored by Volunteers of America will begin the school year with a note of inspiration and hope.
Operation Backpack Campaigns Across the USA: