We Need Your Help!
On any given night in New York City, thousands of students are living in a NYC homeless shelter. One of the most devastating consequences of homelessness is the impact it can have on a child’s education. This is where
Operation Backpack
®
steps in, by giving a new, full backpack to any child living in a New York City shelter who needs one.
Because Operation Backpack
®
has no public funding, the success of the campaign relies 100% on support from the community
. Last year, thanks to the generosity of
332
corporate and other community partners and thousands of individual donors and volunteers,
20,000
children living in New York City’s homeless and domestic violence shelters began their school year with a new backpack brimming with every grade-specific supply they could possibly need.
This year, we anticipate requests for approximately 20,000 backpacks again.
To help ensure that no child goes without,
we need your help!
This vital, city-wide campaign could not exist without the support of everyday people like you.
Learn more about how to get involved below.