BACKPACK DRIVE 2026

Equip 150 Chester Students with New Backpacks + School Supplies

A backpack can spark something big like life-changing connection.

Greenhouse is equipping local students with everything needed to walk into the classroom prepared and confident.

For many families we serve, back-to-school supplies are an added expense they simply cannot afford. Our annual Backpack Drive helps ease that burden while giving each child essential education tools.

But the impact goes beyond what is packed inside.

Every backpack creates an opportunity to meet a family, build trust, and remind a child: You are seen. You are supported. You belong here.

The Backpack Drive has become a true inroad for neighbors to get plugged in to Homework Club, youth group, church fellowship, food outreach, and even recovery support!

Who knew backpacks would unlock new connections that last long after the first day of school?

THE BIG GOAL

Equip 150 Chester students with new backpacks and school supplies by Friday, August 21.
Just $30 provides 1 stocked backpack to 1 child.

Together, we can make this back-to-school season truly meaningful!

4 WAYS TO SUPPORT

The Greenhouse team handles the logistics to ensure all supplies end up in the hands of those who need them most.

Give a Money Gift

Sponsor as many backpacks as you can to equip students with everything needed to succeed! Give one. Give ten. Every size gift makes a difference!

SPONSOR A BACKPACK
Send Supplies via Amazon

Shop our supply Wishlist to give in just a few clicks. All selections help teach, engage, and grow a love for learning. Items are auto-shipped to our office.*

SHOP AMAZON WISHLIST
Drop-off Supplies

Prefer to donate supplies directly? Use our Amazon Wishlist to buy same or similar school supplies and drop-off at our office by Sunday, 8/23.

Schedule drop-off time
Give out Backpacks

We need heart-led volunteers who can help our team hand out new backpacks filled with supplies during our weekly Food Outreach. Full details below!

VOLUNTEER DETAILS

*Our Amazon business account is tax exempt, which helps us stretch every dollar to steward God’s resources!

Help Make Back-to-School Feel Different

A backpack may seem like a small gift.

But to a child who doesn’t get “extras,” it feels like dignity.
For the caretaker making ends meet, it brings relief.
To a family meeting Greenhouse for the first time, it’s an invitation into a community committed to showing up.

And when both students and caretakers are surrounded by Christ’s love? A powerful new belief is built: “My future can look different.”

Help us place that belief, with a brand new backpack, into the hands of 150 Chester students in need.

HELP WELCOME LOCAL FAMILIES

Backpack Giveaway

Be part of the moment when the backpacks move from our tables onto the shoulders of children preparing for a new school year.

Volunteers will greet families, help children choose their backpacks, distribute supplies, offer encouragement, and create the kind of warm first impression that can lead to lasting connection.