Volunteer
Back-to-School Backpack Drive
Please help prepare a homeless child for school this academic year.
We need your help to fill hundreds of school backpacks with the required school supplies for the upcoming school year. Dallas ISD asks for clear (see-through) pre-filled backpacks, or donations for supplies. We deliver the filled backpacks to Brighter Days and to Dallas ISD's Homeless Education programme.
Every donation will make a difference. Please donate financially, or conduct a drive for needed supplies at your office or with your community group.
Supply-drive deadlines are announced each summer — contact us for this year's date.
Clear backpacks filled with
- Art gum erasers
- Clipboards
- Coloured pencil sets
- Composition notebooks
- Construction paper (8.5 × 11, 50-count)
- Crayons (24-count)
- Disinfecting wipes
- Dry-erase markers (2-pack)
- Elmer's glue (4 oz bottle)
- Folders (no brads)
- Folders (with brads)
- Glue sticks
- Hand sanitiser (travel size)
- Heavy-duty zipper pouches
- Index cards (lined)
- Loose notebook paper packs
- Markers (washable)
- Notebook dividers
- Pencils (#2)
- Pencil bags
- Pencil boxes
- Pencil sharpeners
- Pencil-top erasers
- Pens (black, 10-count)
- Pens (blue, 10-count)
- Pens (red)
- Play-Doh
- Post-it notes
- Primary manuscript writing tablets
- Rulers
- Scissors (blunt-edge)
- Scissors (sharp-edge)
- Spiral notebooks (wide-ruled)
- Tissues (travel size)
- Watercolour paint sets (8-colour)
- Wet wipes (travel pack)
- Yellow highlighters
- Ziploc bags (gallon)
- Ziploc bags (quart)
Photos from last year's donations
Please join the effort with New Hope Compassion.
Your support is needed today.