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Closed 10/09/2021
US$41,216
raised of US$40,000 target
by 64 supporters
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Event: Operation Backpack 2021, on 5 July 2021
Closed on 10/09/2021
RCN 520610547

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Story

Operation Backpack is our initiative to fill in the gap for our regions most vulnerable children. Your donations help us provide backpacks, school supplies and funding for academic enrichment to more than 2,500 homeless and underprivileged children in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Together, we can help ensure these children achieve success despite their circumstances.

This Year We will Continue to Focus on the Needs of Students During COVID-19

Last year, we adjusted our campaign to support the many children experiencing distance-learning and in need of the appropriate access to computers, Wi-Fi, and other technology to receive an education. So in addition to backpacks and school supplies, we appealed to the community to help us raise funds to purchase laptops. In 2021, our mission remains the same!

Last year, we raised $34,000 and provided 2,500 students backpacks, supplies, laptops!

Our 2021 Operation Backpack goal is to raise $40,000 to support even more kids in need.

About the charity

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas inspires self-sufficiency, dignity and hope by providing housing, health and human services to those in need across Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and the Carolinas.

Donation summary

Total raised
US$41,216.00
Online donations
US$3,853.00
Offline donations
US$37,363.00
Direct donations
US$50.00
Donations via fundraisers
US$3,803.00

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