So many youngsters in our community know what it means to be homeless or abused and live with uncertainty and fear. Operation Backpack is Volunteers of America’s annual back-to-school drive that asks the general public to bring school backpacks to designated drop locations across the state.  

With your help, Volunteers of America is able to provide support for children and at-risk youth.  In addition to giving the children a sense of confidence and hope, Operation Backpack relieves the children’s families of a significant financial burden and helps them to look like all the other children who are beginning the school year with a brand new backpack.  When you support the needs of a child in your community by donating a backpack filled with the tools necessary for a solid foundation to learn, you offer a child a real chance for a better future!

 

Operation Backpack spokesperson,

Paige Davis, host of TLC's "Trading Spaces",

and designer extraordinaire Doug Wilson.

There are children who need your help today. Please don’t let them down.

Grade Level Supply Lists   Drop-Off Locations

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Shop Volunteers of America's newest Thrift Store in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

400 South Main Street Family Thrift Store.