Our incredible giving partners make everything that we do possible and are run and supported by fantastic and inspiring individuals and teams with hearts to serve and give back. While they are from all walks of life and span from ages 9 to 90, they all have the same drive to significantly impact the life of a child in need and give them hope, support and the tools they need for a better future. Their core values and objectives are perfectly aligned with Sydney Paige.
GIVING PARTNERS
NATIONAL PARTNER
MISSION
To build strong, stable and secure military families as we seek to honor their patriotism and service to our country.
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Operation Homefront's Back-To-School Brigade™ is their annual drive to distribute backpacks & school supplies to military children in need across the country. To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.operationhomefront.org.
ALABAMA
Southeast
ALASKA
Pacific Northwest
ARKANSAS
Southern Plains
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
Rocky Mountains
CONNECTICUT
Northeast
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
Southeast
GEORGIA
Southeast
HAWAII
IDAHO
Mountain West
ILLINOIS
Central Midwest
INDIANA
Central Great Lakes
IOWA
Central Midwest
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
Northeast
MARYLAND
Mid-Atlantic
MASSACHUSETTS
Northeast
MICHIGAN
Central Great Lakes
Central Midwest
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
Mountain West
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Northeast
NEW JERSEY
Northeast
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
Carolinas
OHIO
Central Great Lakes
OKLAHOMA
Southern Plains
OREGON
Pacific Northwest
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
Northeast
SOUTH CAROLINA
Carolinas
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
Southern Plains
UTAH
Mountain West
VERMONT
Northeast
VIRGINIA
Mid-Atlantic
WASHINGTON
Pacific Northwest
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mid-Atlantic
WEST VIRGINIA
Mid-Atlantic
WISCONSIN
Central Midwest
WYOMING
Rocky Mountains
BACKPACK DRIVE PARTNERSHIPS
Each year, these amazing non-profits hold community backpack drives to ensure that the children they serve (and beyond) go back to school prepared, confident and ready to learn. They work tirelessly to meet their annual giving goals and we are so happy to help them through our Buy One, Give One model where we can.
MISSION
Baby2Baby provides low-income children ages 0-12 with diapers, clothing and all the basic necessities that every child deserves.
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Baby2Baby distributes gently used baby gear and clothing through a network of community-based organizations on a local and national basis. To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.baby2baby.org.
Baby2Baby is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2006.
MISSION
To close the achievement gap by promoting literacy and increasing academic success.
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The Book Foundation carries out their mission by placing new books into the hands and homes of low-income and underserved children, reading to and with children to share the joy of the magic of books, modeling reading for the parents and caregivers to make them part of the solution, and providing a holistic approach to literacy by bringing multiple programs to the children.
To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.thebookfoundation.org.
The Book Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
MISSION
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
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A Boys & Girls Club provides a safe place to learn and grow . . . Ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals . . . Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences . . . Hope and opportunity.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.bgca.org.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1860.
MISSION
To engage every student in every neighborhood in a rigorous, well-rounded instructional program in order to graduate prepared for success in college, career and life.
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Chicago Public Schools is the third largest school district in the United States with more than 600 schools providing education to approximately 400,000 children.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.cps.edu.
MISSION
Our vision is that one day every child will have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn and valued.
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Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth to age 12, living in low- income and homeless situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.cradlestocrayons.org.
Cradles to Crayons is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2002.
MISSION
To provide traditional and innovative programs that enhance the well-being of children and their families and provide opportunities for them to realize their full potential.
Through services such as home placement, community impact, mentoring, residential and emergency care & shelter, D.A. Blodgett - St. John's serves thousands of Grand Rapids, MI communities' most vulnerable families and children. Learn more at www.dabsj.org.
D.A. Blodgett - St. John's is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that has been serving children in families in need since 1887.
MISSION
To help neighbors in crisis attain self-sufficiency by partnering with the community and using our resources wisely to provide vital support services with love and dignity.
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Foothill Unity Center is a place of real hope and possibilities for those impacted by poverty. Helping over 10,000 individuals almost every year, Foothill Unity Center is the primary provider of food, case management/crisis help, and health care resources across eleven San Gabriel Valley cities in LA County. To learn more, visit www.foothillunitycenter.org.
MISSION
To give foster youth some pride when they move from home to home… to make their journey into the unknown a little more comforting.
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The Give Back Pack provides foster youth in Orange County new pajamas, blankets, toiletries, clothing, slippers, and a toy or book, all in a brand new backpack.
For most foster children, life is filled with continual change and uncertainty. Many have come from abusive and broken homes. Some of these children are so young, the idea of suddenly being shuffled to a stranger's home is scarier than the brutal reality they may be facing at home. We want to soften this blow.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.thegivebackpack.com.
The Give Back Pack is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
MISSION
To provide underprivileged children with the educational materials they need to advance their education.
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The Giving BackPack Foundation is passionate about giving all children an equal chance to learn and achieve academically within thier respective grade level and school.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.thegivingbackpack.org.
The Giving Backpack Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2006.
MISSION
To to engage women throughout the financial services sector in volunteerism and philanthropic giving.
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High Water Women (HWW) helps thousands of children in need in the New York area start the school year ready to learn. Since their annual backpack drive began in 2005, HWW has sent more than 86,500 children to school with new backpacks and smile.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.highwaterwomen.org.
High Water Women is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2005.
MISSION
To end family homelessness.
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A non-profit started through a community effort in 1986, Housing Families provides safe, temporary shelter and quality affordable housing to homeless and at-risk families. They offer individualized supportive services to enrich children’s lives, nurture the potential of each family member, and help families maintain permanent housing.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.housingfamilies.org.
Housing Families is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1986.
MISSION
To help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
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Each year, thousands of refugees are invited by the US government to seek safety and freedom. Forced to flee conflict or persecution, refugees have survived against incredible odds. They step off the plane with next to nothing but their dignity, hope and determination. The IRC helps refugees to rebuild their lives.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.rescue.org.
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Tucson
TEXAS
Abilene
Dallas
MISSION
To provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promote quality early learning for all children.
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Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. Jumpstart recruits and trains college student and community volunteers to provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities nationwide. By participating in Jumpstart’s year-long program, children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school, setting them on a path for lifelong success. Since 1993, Jumpstart has trained 40,000 college students and community volunteers to transform the lives of 80,000 preschool children nationwide.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.jstart.org.
Jumpstart is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1993.
MISSION
To empower high school students by providing them with the tools to lead active lives and make healthy choices for a better future.
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The just keep livin Foundation implements after school fitness and wellness programs in 20 inner city high schools/sites. In our programs, we encourage students to make positive life choices that improve their physical and mental health through exercise, teamwork, gratitude, nutrition, and community service. Participating students have a safe place to enhance their lives with fitness coaches and health experts. The results have been incredible. Participants get in shape and gain confidence while also improving their grades, attendance and behavior. Friendships are built and fears are overcome. At our j.k. livin after school programs, kids learn self-reliance and get a healthy start today, so they can make a better tomorrow.
To learn more about this organization and how to help, visit www.jklivinfoundation.org.
just keep livin Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization working in collaboration with other non-profit partners to have the greatest impact possible.
MISSION
To lead the development and investment of community resources in Oakland public schools so that all students can learn, grow, and thrive.
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The Ed Fund puts the right tools in students’ hands to give all kids the excellent education they deserve. They support all Oakland public schools—both District-run and charter—with a focus on those furthest from opportunity, because kids who come to school with less need more.
To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.oaklandedfund.org.
MISSION
To support wounded, injured and ill service members, veterans, their caregivers and those that aid in their recovery by providing assistance and outreach in their recovery, comfort and morale, and through advocacy, education and promotion of their circumstances.
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Operation Ward 57 provides services to all post 9/11 Disabled Veterans, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines & their families. To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.operationward57.org.
MISSION
To identify, provide outreach, and connect homeless and transitional students and their families to the appropriate services needed to stabilize a student’s environment so they can grow personally and academically.
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Pasadena Families in Transition provides basic needs assistance, family support, academic accountability, clothing and toiletry assistance, transportation assistance, and many other services as appropriate to children and families in transition from homelessness. To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.families-in-transition.pasadenausd.org.
MISSION
To prepare students with the tools for success – in their education, in their careers and throughout their lives.
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PUSD pursues its mission with the support of the entire community, seeking to build a school district committed to encouraging excellence and meeting a broad range of needs. To learn more about this school district & how to help, visit www.pasadenausd.org.
MISSION
To serve people of all ages and abilities and provide an opportunity to enhance one's life by meeting new friends and neighbors, exploring the arts, learning about community services, developing skills and so much more!
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To learn more, visit www.cityofpasadena.net/HumanServices.
MISSION
Pittsburgh Moms Blog connects local moms to information and parenting perspectives unique to Pittsburgh and encourages women to connect with one another offline, including giving back to their local community.
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Pittsburgh Moms Blog has partnered with us to provide Pittsburgh Public Schools with with backpacks and school supplies to distribute to their students most in need.
To learn more about Pittsburgh Moms Blog, visit http://pittsburgh.citymomsblog.com.
MISSION
To provide elementary school students with the supplies they need to be successful learners regardless of economic circumstance.
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Rainbow Pack was started by Riley when she was 10 years old and is being supported by her equally passionate and energetic friends. To learn more about Riley's inspiring work and how to help, visit http://www.rainbowpack.org.
MISSION
To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination.
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Founded in 1865, The Salvation Army is an integral part of the Christian Church, although distinctive in government and practice. There are now more than 2,000 schools in The Salvation Army, educating in excess of 500,000 children. To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.salvationarmy.org.
MISSION
To serve classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community.
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Schoolhouse Supplies is an award-winning non-profit that supports public education in Portland by giving students and teachers free classroom supplies. They operate Oregon’s only volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community, the Tools for Schools backpack giveaway, and Schoolhouse Supplies Online programs.
Schoolhouse Supplies is a nationally recognized leader in the Free Store movement, which creates direct links between students and members of the community.
To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.schoolhousesupplies.org.
MISSION
To help kids understand the diversities of life and to learn, grow, share and play all through the joy of giving.
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Started by Mandi Simon when she was just 8 years old, Simon Says Give is a non-profit that is Kid Founded and Kid Operated!
With its mantra of "Kids Celebrating Kids", Simon Says Give engages youth who want to be involved in helping others. Their volunteer youth have the opportunity to use their special skills and talents to create fundraising events that they can manage, learn and grow from, while making a meaningful impact on children in need. To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.simonsaysgive.org.
MINNESOTA | SOUTH DAKOTA
MISSION
To inform and enlist Americans to become directly involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan by serving as a tie between Afghan villages and American communities, and appealing to hearts and minds in both.
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Trust in Education is a grass-roots organization, providing educational, economic and health care assistance to villages in Afghanistan.
Education is the highest priority and in addition to financing the construction of new schools and community learning centers, Trust In Education also enhances underfunded schools through the provision of after school classes, libraries, playgrounds, soccer fields and soccer programs.
To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.trustineducation.org.
MISSION
To be the the charity that always steps forward to help the most vulnerable.
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Since 1896, Volunteers of America (VOA) has supported and empowered America's most vulnerable groups, including veterans, at-risk youth, the frail elderly, men and women returning from prison, homeless individuals and families, people with disabilities, and those recovering from addictions.
Operation Backpack is VOA's annual backpack drive and is held at individual locations across the country, impacting tens of thousands of children in need. To learn more about this organization & how to help, visit www.voa.org.
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
Southeast
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
Indiana
Mid-States
KENTUCKY
Mid-States
LOUISIANA
Greater Baton Rouge
North Louisiana
Greater New Orleans
Northern New England
MAINE
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
Mid-States
TEXAS
UTAH
WASHINGTON
Western WA
Eastern WA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING
MISSION
Windsor Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) strives to achieve the mission set by the National PTA to be a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and the community and a strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child at Windsor Elementary
MISSION
To provide comfort to the world’s poor and suffering, helping their lives transform in return.
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In community with the local Church, World Relief envisions the most vulnerable people transformed economically, socially, and spiritually. World Relief has been serving children in families in need through local churches since 1944. Learn more about this organization & how to help at www.worldrelief.org.
CALIFORNIA
Modesto
Sacramento
Garden Grove
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
GEORGIA
IDAHO
MARYLAND
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
MINNESOTA
NORTH CAROLINA
High Point
Durham
OHIO
Columbus
Akron
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
Memphis
Nashville
TEXAS
WASHINGTON
Tri-Cities
Seattle (Kent)
Spokane
WISCONSIN