JFCS East Bay is seeking school supplies and backpacks for newly arriving refugee children from Afghanistan & Ukraine. We strive to help these newcomers acclimate to their lives in the East Bay by providing them with case management, and help in finding housing, furniture, and basic household necessities. Backpacks for these children are so important in establishing a sense of normalcy and self reliance! Thank you for helping us reach out a welcoming hand to our new community members!

Since 1999, Ropes & Gray has undertaken this important community service initiative to provide backpacks filled with school supplies to homeless children in local Boston-area shelters. This year, we are thrilled to partner with the Sydney Paige Foundation and once again expect to sponsor hundreds of children. Each backpack purchased will come pre-filled with all the supplies a child needs for the school year. Every donation makes an impact!

• Each bag of supplies costs between $30 - $40 per child depending on grade level
• $100 donations support 2-3 children
• $200 donations support 6-8 children 

Thank you for supporting the Boston Backpack Project!

If you have any questions or need support with your purchase, please email us at Backpackproject@ropesgray.com

Help us provide much needed backpacks and school supplies to Bay Area youth who can't otherwise afford these items. At a collective cost of over $100, buying these supplies is just not an option for families who are struggling to put food on the table.

We know that education is the #1 path out of poverty and with a combined effort to help students in need, we can help put them on a path to success! With a core focus on quality to boost self-worth, we thank you for partnering with us to provide the tools and confidence needed for these kids to thrive!

Thank you for supporting Win's 2024 Backpack Buddies program. The average American family spends nearly $700 getting their kids ready for school. Sponsor teams purchase backpacks filled with supplies from our supply vendor Sydney Paige on this website. These backpacks are delivered to Win children in New York City shelters and supportive housing programs. We encourage each team to buy at least 100 backpack bundles, although there is no minimum pledge to participate. Individual contributions through this page are also much appreciated. Please email Win at VolunteerServices@winnyc.org if you have any questions.

The families we serve face the challenge of providing essential supplies for their children. The cost of a backpack and supplies continues to increase each year. 

By supporting our backpack drive, you’ll be giving a child the opportunity to go to school with confidence and the tools they need to do their work at home and in the classroom.

Please help us provide 3,000 students with high-quality backpacks, filled with age-appropriate school supplies in one of the following ways:

1. Donate here to our main fundraising drive
2. Set up a team drive with your own goals and do your own outreach to multiply your donation
3. Book a pack-out event with your organization for employee/community engagement that gives back

Thank you so much for your support!

Harry Berberian, in partnership with the Sydney Paige Foundation

For questions, please contact: harry_berberian@goodshepherds.org or courtney@sydneypaige.org

Help us provide books to under-resourced communities where book ownership is either low or just doesn't exist. We all know that literacy attainment is directly tied to academic achievement and ultimately, kids' futures.

45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and 50% of adults cannot read a book above an 8th grade level. Help us change these shocking statistics by boosting literacy skills among children living in economically disadvantaged circumstances who do not have the same access to books as their more affluent peers.

Thank you for helping kids in need learn and thrive in school and in life!

Giving Back Together,

The Sydney Paige Team

Help us keep kids warm this winter and performing at their best with awesome coats that last and are stylish to help boost their self-confidence!

At Sydney Paige, we have been flooded with requests from educators and non-profit partners for thousands of winter coats that are high-quality and water resistant ~ most notably for newcomers coming into the Bay Area and New York.

With self-worth and pure love as our driving factors, we source coats that have a detachable hood and are fleece-lined (cozy!), machine washable and water-repellent - which means when it rains or snows, beads of waters will form and fall right off of the jacket! Buying in bulk allows us to get these coats for just $25-$28 vs. a retail price tag of $75-$100.

Thank you for your help to make the otherwise impossible POSSIBLE for the kids we are so fortunate to serve. We can't do it without you!

Giving Back Together,

The Sydney Paige Team

Giving education-related gifts during the holidays is a powerful way to invest in a child's future and foster a lifelong love for learning.

Education is the key to empowering individuals and communities. By providing educational gifts, you're investing in a child's knowledge skills, and abilities, enabling them to make a positive impact on society in the future by:

• BOOSTING SELF-CONFIDENCE
• ENCOURAGING CURIOSITY
• CLOSING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP
• PROMOTING LIFELONG LEARNING
• SUPPORTING PERSONAL GROWTH
• BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES

Education-related gifts nurture a generation of informed, curious, and empowered individuals who can shape a better world for us all.

A little goes a LONG way! Help by engaging friends, family, and coworkers to make smaller donations that up to a significant impact. Thank you for participating to help students' minds flourish and become the leaders and change makers they were meant to be!

This year, we are excited to benefit kids from the following three NY organizations:

• Iris House
• The Child Center of New York
• Partnership with Children
  

One of the top reasons students drop out of school is lack of tools to do their work. Every child should have access to the tools and confidence needed to learn and thrive in school regardless of their zip code. 

Hidden Valley Elementary School in Martinez, is one of 29 elementary schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District that needs our help. 

Please consider donating a high quality backpack filled with school supplies. You'll be making an investment in the future of these children, breaking down barriers to educational success!

Help us provide much needed backpacks and school supplies to MDUSD youth who can't otherwise afford these items. At a collective cost of over $100, buying these supplies is just not an option for families who are struggling to put food on the table.

We know that education is the #1 path out of poverty and with a combined effort to help students in need, we can help put them on a path to success! With a core focus on quality to boost self-worth, we thank you for partnering with us to provide the tools and confidence needed for these kids to thrive!

This fall Peres K-8 School will welcome 570 scholars on campus. Every year, our students come through our gates ready and excited to learn new things. Every year we try to help our students overcome challenges in their day-to-day life. We provide opportunities for our students to be academically ready and emotionally sound to grow into their fullest potential. With this promise comes the great challenge of supporting our school families.  As a Title 1  school, 100% of our students get free and reduced lunch daily. Most of our families live in an economically challenging situation. 

Our vision would not materialize without community support. Our annual partnership with the Sydney Paige Foundation has allowed us to provide all our kids with backpacks filled with school supplies. Providing these very basic materials goes beyond the hopeful smiles of our students.  It signifies a great start to the school year with students prepared to learn. IT also signifies our families' sense of security that they do not have to choose between a meal or buying school supplies for their children to get them ready for the school year.

Each backpack is that is donated sets our students up to be successful everyday. We appreciate all your support in making our dream a reality. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Peres K-8 Family

Donate to Build-A-Better Backpack with HELP USA so our 800 school-aged children living in HELP USA homeless shelters and supportive housing can head back to the classroom with confidence in September. Here's how it works: you select a stuffed backpack from this site, our partner Sydney Paige delivers them to us in NYC, and HELP USA's staff puts them in the hands of our students. These families have a lot to worry about but with your help, backpacks and school supplies won't be a problem! Thank you for being a part of our community so we can help people build better lives. Email give@helpusa.org if you have questions or need more information. 

As the school year approaches, many families are facing the challenge of providing essential supplies for their children. The cost of a backpack and supplies continues to increase each year. 

By supporting our backpack drive, you’ll be giving a child the opportunity to begin a new school year with confidence and feeling prepared.

Please help us provide 250 students with high-quality backpacks, filled with age-appropriate school supplies, through the following wonderful organizations serving our youth:

• Good Shepherd Services
• The Children's Village

Thank you for your support!

Robin

Sydney Paige makes a difference in the lives of low-income children by giving them the tools and confidence needed to learn & thrive in school, stay in school, and graduate. 1 in 5 children in the U.S. live in poverty. The Sydney Paige Foundation provides high quality, fundamental tools that kids need to learn and thrive in school. Through individual donations, corporate partnerships and online backpack drives, we deliver high quality backpacks, books and school supplies to children in need. We are a full-service partner to our corporate sponsors, focused on building strong, long-term partnerships for sustainable giving. We don’t believe in simply “checking the box” on giving, and want our work to have a deep and meaningful impact on kids'​ lives. Our goal is to provide at least 25 fully loaded high quality backpacks (25 backpacks will serve 1 classroom) to children in need in Mount Diablo Title One schools, in the Mount Diablo Unified School District in East Contra Costa County, CA.

Thank you for supporting Win's 2023 Backpack Buddies program. The average American family spends nearly $700 getting their kids ready for school. Sponsor teams purchase backpacks filled with supplies from our supply vendor Sydney Paige on this website. These backpacks are delivered to Win children in New York City shelters and supportive housing programs. We encourage each team to buy at least 100 backpack bundles, although there is no minimum pledge to participate. Individual contributions through this page are also much appreciated. Please email Win at VolunteerServices@winnyc.org if you have any questions.