Backpacks for Kids! 2011

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About Backpacks for Kids!

United Way of Passaic County in partnership with North Jersey Media Group, Enterprise, ITT, Roche and State Farm hosted the 7th Annual Backpacks for Kids! project this past fall. United Way’s school supply program – the largest of its kind in Passaic County–is part of a larger United Way initiative to increase the academic success and high school graduation rates of children in Passaic County. The program is a combined effort between area businesses and employees to provide backpacks and school supplies for the upcoming school year. 

Who got the backpacks?

Recipients included over 900 students at Prospect Park Elementary School, 230 students at Washington School #2 in Passaic, the Paterson Education Fund and 20 additional non-profit partners. In addition to these organizations, over 200 backpacks were distributed to flood affected families throughout the county.

For More Information

Please contact our Engagement Manager,  Jackie Park Albaum, at (973) 279-8900 Ext. 202 and/or via email.

 2011 Sponsor

2011 Media Partner