Interfaith Works

School Supplies Program

With your help, we provided 3,012 kids with supply-filled backpacks in 2009!

About the School Supplies Program
Remember that wonderful sense of beginning again – a new teacher, new classroom, new friends to meet and the opportunity to become somebody! Unfortunately not every child approaches the new school year so happily, because not every family can afford back-to-school expenses.

The Interfaith Clothing Centers operate the School Supplies Program each year during the summer months. The program, which is run by youth volunteers, provides children of our low-income clients with new backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies free of charge each August.

By providing supplies, the expense of school supplies which can easily cost $50 to $80 per child, is eliminated and families can use their scarce financial resources for other pressing needs such as rent, food, and healthcare. The families and children are able to maintain their dignity and maximize their educational opportunities by having proper tools and supplies.

Thousands of families and individuals use the School Supplies Program. In 2007, your donations helped 2,500 children receive back packs filled with school supplies. The following year, your support helped even more - 2,800 Montgomery County public school children. This year, over 3,000 fully loaded back packs were distributed and today your commitment to this important program is even more critical.

Drop off school supplies year round at the Interfaith Clothing Centers.

For monetary contributions, please send checks to:
            Interfaith Works
            114 W. Montgomery Ave.
            Rockville, Maryland 20850
            Denote "School Supplies" on the check.
Or, click the button to donate online now.

BECOME A BACK PACK TEAM MEMBER:

The work of our Backpack Squad Team Member Volunteer is a very important part of the success of the School Suppliers Program. Thanks to the help of individuals like yourself, we are able to provide Montgomery County school children with the proper tools and supplier needed to start the school year off right. Squad Members sort school supply donations and assemble supplies into backpacks. Click here for: a full job description & the Back Pack Squad Team Member Job Application.