Thanks to CBS 13 Sacramento, Great Clips, Phoong Law and Jimboy’s Tacos this year’s Backpack Giveback Drive was an incredible success.
Locally in Sacramento, 707 backpacks were collected that meant every single child at Glenwood Elementary School received a backpack along with more children served by United Way’s housing program along with partner City Year who also received school supplies and backpacks.
But the United Way…way…is to do things bigger, so instead of stuffing backpacks, we took a page out of last year’s toy drive and let the kids shop for their own back to school supplies.
Phoong Law sent out an ice cream truck, Great Clips was doing back to school haircuts, there were photographers taking back to school photos, Health Net did health screenings, Sac Kids Dentistry did dental screenings, California-Hawaii Elks Association did vision screenings, Street Soccer USA – Sacramento had some fun kicking around the soccer ball at Glenwood Elementary’s Back to School Night.
Across the market, United Way California Capital Region, United Way San Joaquin County and United Way Stanislaus County collected 2,807 backpacks and raised in cash and in-kind value of school supplies $67,486.