Every
child deserves to start the school year with a backpack and essential
school supplies, but the sad reality is many families can’t afford these
items. Making a difference to change this is The Office Depot
Foundation and its National Backpack Program, which over the past 12
years has provided more than 2.9 million backpacks to children around
the world.
This year, to mark the 13th
anniversary of the National Backpack Program, the Office Depot Foundation will donate 300,000 backpacks with essential school supplies
to deserving children in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and internationally.
By the end of 2013, Office Depot and the Office Depot Foundation will
have donated more than 3 million backpacks and sackpacks since the
inception of the program in 2001. But while these numbers are very
large, the sackpacks make an impact on a singular level − one child at a
time. How cool is that!
Quick Overview -
The Office Depot Foundation is an independent foundation (tax exempt
under IRC Sec. 501(c)(3)) that serves as the independent charitable
giving arm of Office Depot, Inc. In keeping with its mission, Listen
Learn Care, the Foundation supports a variety of programs that help
children succeed in school and in life; enable civil society
(non-profit) organizations to become more efficient and effective; help
people and businesses prepare for disasters, then recover and rebuild
afterwards; strengthen local communities through grants, product
donations and volunteerism; and encourage community development through
entrepreneurship and economic innovation.
Visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/OfficeDepotFoundation to learn more.