Operation Backpack


 

Applications for Operation Backpack ARE HERE!  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/okevoami2012

For many children, the start of a new school year is filled with anxiety and academic challenges. Each year, thousands of children return to school unprepared, lacking the basic supplies they need to succeed. Volunteers of America Michigan’s Operation Backpack program provides low-income children returning to school with the basic supplies to thrive academically by reaching out to the local community for assistance in supplying at-risk low-income children with new backpacks and grade-appropriate education supplies.  Volunteers of America Michigan hopes to exceed last year's distribution of 1,200 supply-filled backpacks.

You can join together with Fox 2 Detroit, 96.3 WDVD, and Volunteers of America Michigan to ensure that low-income children return to school with all the supplies they need. 

This year's Stuff-A-Bus will be August 2nd - 5th!

  • Thursday / Friday ~ 8a-7p
  • Saturday ~ 9a-7p
  • Sunday ~ 9a-6p

3 locations …

  • Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights
    • BUS is located in Lakeside Mall parking lot on the south side of mall near food court entrance.

  • Kroger in Royal Oak
    • BUS is located in the Kroger parking lot on southwest corner of Woodward Ave & 13 Mile Rd.

  • Southland Center in Taylor
    • BUS is located in the Southland Center parking lot on Eureka Rd.

There's MORE!

Volunteers of America Michigan invites the public to support Michigan’s low-income children and their families by bringing a new backpack filled with school supplies to any Co-Op Services Credit Union Locations or the Volunteers of America Michigan Administration Office (21415 Civic Center Drive, Suite 210, Southfield, MI 48076) July 30 through August 10th.

 

Get your supply lists!

Be a part of the action - Do a Backpack Drive at your office, at your church or with a group of friends!   Learn how other groups have organized their backpack drives.

Sign up as a sponsor and someone from the Operation Backpack office will get you or your group set up! 

Applications for Operation Backpack ARE HERE!  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/okevoami2012

For more information, please contact:

 

Emilie Rohrbach at (248) 945-0101 ext. 6032 
erohrbach@voami.org