YMCA Operation Backpack: More Than a Backpack

Every child deserves to start the school year prepared, confident, and supported. Through YMCA Operation Backpack, children across the Houston area receive the school supplies they need to succeed in the classroom.

But support shouldn’t stop after the first day of school.

In Texas, more than 600,000 children are alone and unsupervised between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. because many families cannot access affordable after-school care. YMCA after-school programs provide a safe place for children to learn, grow, build confidence, and connect with caring adults.

A backpack prepares a child for Day 1.

Your support helps them thrive on Day 2… Day 50… and Day 150.

When you give to YMCA Operation Backpack, you help provide school supplies, academic support, mentorship, and safe after-school care that strengthens children, families, and our community.