The Salvation Army and New York Cares are partnering for the fourth annual Stand with Students backpack drive to distribute 14,000 backpacks to New York City public school students.
Lucy Nguyen/New York Cares
Students and families will have another chance to save money on school supplies during the fourth annual Stand with Students campaign that takes place today and tomorrow in Harlem.
Around 400 volunteers from New York Cares, the largest volunteer network in New York City, will be at The Salvation Army-Harlem Temple Corps Community Center starting today to fill about 14,000 backpacks with school supplies to prepare New York City’s public school students for the first day of school on Thursday, Sept. 7.
The backpacks will be packed and then delivered to schools throughout the month across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. All backpacks will be stuffed with scissors, markers, pencils, glue sticks, folders, crayons, erasers, pencil sharpeners, and rulers.
The Salvation Army will receive 2,000 backpacks while schools will receive about 9,300 backpacks. The rest of the backpacks will be distributed directly to communities served by nonprofits, community centers, and elected officials.
Those groups receiving backpacks include Henry Street Settlement, the city’s Department of Homeless Services, Variety Boys & Girls Club, Commonpoint Queens, Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc., The River Fund, and Together We Can Community Resource Center, Inc.
The first confirmed backpack distribution is currently scheduled with Henry Street Settlement on Tuesday, Aug. 22 from 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. at Jacob Riis Cornerstone on 80 Avenue D in Manhattan.
The Stand with Students campaign, run by New York Cares, began during the pandemic in response to remote learning needs and general inequities presented to New York City’s students and neighborhoods disproportionately affected by the strains of the pandemic.
Arlene Lozano, chief program officer at New York…
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