Donate to our Summer Backpack Drive and make sure Partnership with Children's neediest students start the new school year fully prepared! Make a secure online donation or contact Liz Roy, Communications and Community Outreach Manager, at 212.689.9500 x321 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

$10 - Start the New School Year in a Flash!
In the digital-era computer skills are a must. Donate just $10 for flash drives to help our students organize and manage assignments produced on school computers.
$10 buys one child a 2GB flash drive
$35 will buy four children 4GB flash drives

$40 - You've Got it In the Bag!
What better way for children to start the school year than with a brand new backpack! Provide one or more to help our children kick off the new school year the right way.
$40 buys one child a backpack
$100 buys three children backpacks

$75 - Backpack full of School Supplies
Get a student off to the right start for the new school year with a backpack full of all the necessities.
$75 buys one child a backpack full of school supplies
$150 buys two children backpacks full of school supplies

$200 - Ready, Set, Write!
Literacy and writing skills are the key to our children succeeding in school. A donation of $200 will help five children develop their love of writing with new notebooks, journals, pens, pencils, computer paper and flash drives.