Back to School Drive

We are raising money to provide students across the country with the back to school supplies they need to thrive in the classroom!

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For a lot of families, the start of the school year doesn't feel like a fresh beginning — it feels like a bill they can't quite cover. Notebooks, pencils, folders, a calculator, glue sticks, a backpack that will survive until June. On their own, each item seems small. Together, they add up to a number that forces an impossible choice: school supplies, or gas in the car and food on the table.

That choice is getting harder every year. The cost of the basics — rent, groceries, gas, childcare — has climbed faster than paychecks, and the squeeze lands hardest on working families who were already stretched thin. In the USA, more than two in five children lives in a household that struggles to afford the essentials. When money is that tight, a $75 supply list isn't an inconvenience. It's the difference between a kid walking into class ready to learn and a kid walking in already behind.

Why Now

The USA is home to more than fifty million public school students. The gap between what families earn and what life costs has widened sharply, and too many kids in both rural towns and big-city neighborhoods start the year without what they need.

We're focused here because the need is enormous and the moment is right in front of us.

How Your Gift Reaches a Child

We don't guess at where the need is. We partner with the people who already know — local churches, public schools, and community organizations that live and work in these neighborhoods every day. They identify the families, we supply the backpacks, and the supplies go directly into the hands of the kids who need them most. No middlemen, no warehouses full of stuff that never moves. One hundred percent of what we distribute goes out through trusted partners on the ground.

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