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Back to School Backpack Drive

$8,834

raised of $12,000 USD goal

459 supporters, Project Closed
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Impact: United States

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This campaign will collect all funds raised by September 26, 2019 at 3:45 AM EDT

Provide fully stocked backpacks for students in need!


It's that time of year again! Time to go back to school. 

What We're Doing: 

  • Providing school supplies for elementary and middle school students who come from socio-economically disadvantaged families
  • Facilitating the school year transition for newly arrived refugee families  

Team Orange will be partnering up with local organization to put together PennyPacks and distribute to students most in need! 


Content of Backpacks: 


The contents of the PennyPacks include: backpack, pencils, eraser, colored pencils, markers, glue, scissors, pens, crayons, loose-leaf and construction paper, binder, folders, notebooks, pencil pouch and calculator! 


Why We're Doing it:

This will help provide for students that are struggling to meet the supply requirements for the upcoming school year.

Where We're Doing It:

Across the United States in the following cities: 

Washington, DC | Charlotte, NC | Tampa, FL









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Updates 1

Penny Appeal USA5 years ago

+500 school bags

In the past few days, our passionate #TeamOrange volunteers in Tampa and Charlotte have packed and distributed +500 schools bags for refugee students. Thank you for making our efforts a success so far!

We are at 40% of our goal! Please share our work with your family and friends or donate another 5$ to help us reach 800 students before the school years starts! 

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