LAST UPDATED: July 2026
No child should start the school year feeling unprepared
As the cost of housing, groceries, transportation, and everyday essentials continues to rise, purchasing school supplies has become increasingly difficult for many Canadian families.
✏️ Thousands of families across Canada are making impossible choices between rent, groceries, and school supplies.
🏠 Children from low-income households, newcomer families, and refugee communities are most affected.
🎒 A backpack may seem simple — but for a child, it means walking into class with confidence and dignity.
🌟 Starting the year prepared sets children up to participate, learn, and thrive alongside their classmates.
Every backpack is thoughtfully packed with age-appropriate essentials
Each kit is designed to help students begin the school year prepared for success - everything they need from day one.
- Notebooks
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Pencil Crayons
- Glue Sticks
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Pencil Case
More than school supplies - it's confidence on the first day.
By providing the tools children need on their first day of school, you're helping build confidence, encouraging learning, and investing in brighter futures. For parents, your support eases one financial burden during an already challenging time.
Our Goal this Season
$50 provides one fully equipped backpack for a child.
Our goal is to deliver 1,900 backpacks to children across Canada before the start of the school year.
Every donation helps ease financial pressure on families while ensuring children have the supplies they need to succeed.
Whether you give one backpack or many, your generosity helps students begin the school year ready to learn.
$50
Fully equips one child for the school year
1,900
Backpacks to be distributed
KG - G8
Children served, Kindergarten to Grade 8