In 2006, the idea of providing school supplies to underprivileged elementary school children became a reality for Cecil Collins, Founder of the Giving BackPack! Cecil considered the idea because his mother teaches elementary school children, as a result, Collins created the School Supply Giveaway through the help of his fraternity, collecting $250 worth of school supplies.
Over the course of five years, Collins has raised over $7,000 for underprivileged children while obtaining a Master Degree at Purdue University. With this success, Collins created the Giving BackPack Foundation, a non-profit organization that specifically caters to underprivileged children and disadvantaged elementary schools to push for the advancement of learning.
The Giving BackPack Foundation Goals:
a. generating funds for educational materials for disadvantaged schools and underprivileged children at the elementary school grade levels (K-5);
b. offering materialistic assistance for above stated children and schools
c. Providing programs and events that foster the advancement of learning and education
d. educating members of the general public in the application of The Giving BackPack;
e. advancing The Giving BackPack through active promotion, collaboration with other nonprofit organizations, and reaching out to businesses and organizations ; and
f. aiding, supporting, and assisting by gifts, grants, contributions, or otherwise, other persons or organizations of any kind, provided that such activities are consistent with the foregoing purposes.
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The Giving BackPackare is committed to providing service to those families who struggle to properly equip their children with the appropriate school supplies.
