2009 Beneficiaries

For more information on Operation Backpack, please call 916.442.3691.

 
In addition to the children directly supported through Volunteers of America programs, Operation Backpack also provides for the children served by other Sacramento-area social-service agencies and school districts.

The agencies listed below received donations of backpacks and school supplies collected through Volunteers of America's 2009 Operation Backpack campaign.

• Child Advocates of Placer County
• Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento
• Elk Grove Unified School District
• Folsom Cordova Unified School District
• Galt Joint Union High School District
• Garfield Elementary School (Carmichael, Calif.)
• Natomas Unified School District
• River Oak Center for Children
• Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center (Mather Community Campus Children's Services)
• Sacramento City Unified School District
• Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services
  
• The Salvation Army
• San Joaquin County Office of Education
• San Juan Unified School District
• Stanford Home for Children
• Twin Rivers Unified School District (McClellan, Calif.)
  
• Wind Youth Center
  

Sacramento City Unified School District on Operation Backpack

"Sacramento City Unified School District is very fortunate to have Volunteers of America and Operation Backpack support our program for homeless students. The district serves many students who live in shelters, run-down motels, in cars, on the street, etc. With the economic crisis, many housed families are now on the brink of joining this homeless population.

Despite the bleakness and uncertainty in their lives, these students have one thing in common ... they want to be in school with their peers. But they lack adequate school supplies, which leads to embarrassment and absenteeism. New backpacks and school supplies help motivate them to attend school, succeed in their work, and fit in with their peers. It is so rewarding to see the excitement and joy on their faces as they receive their backpacks. The students waste no time in opening them up, and pulling out the contents for everyone to see. It is a small thing to most of us, but means everything to them.
Thank you, Operation Backpack!"

– Monica McRho, Program Coordinator-Homeless Liaison
   Sacramento City Unified School District

2009 Beneficiaries

For more information on Operation Backpack, please call 916.442.3691.

 
In addition to the children directly supported through Volunteers of America programs, Operation Backpack also provides for the children served by other Sacramento-area social-service agencies and school districts.

The agencies listed below received donations of backpacks and school supplies collected through Volunteers of America's 2009 Operation Backpack campaign.

• Child Advocates of Placer County
• Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento
• Elk Grove Unified School District
• Folsom Cordova Unified School District
• Galt Joint Union High School District
• Garfield Elementary School (Carmichael, Calif.)
• Natomas Unified School District
• River Oak Center for Children
• Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center (Mather Community Campus Children's Services)
• Sacramento City Unified School District
• Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services
  
• The Salvation Army
• San Joaquin County Office of Education
• San Juan Unified School District
• Stanford Home for Children
• Twin Rivers Unified School District (McClellan, Calif.)
  
• Wind Youth Center
  

Sacramento City Unified School District on Operation Backpack

"Sacramento City Unified School District is very fortunate to have Volunteers of America and Operation Backpack support our program for homeless students. The district serves many students who live in shelters, run-down motels, in cars, on the street, etc. With the economic crisis, many housed families are now on the brink of joining this homeless population.

Despite the bleakness and uncertainty in their lives, these students have one thing in common ... they want to be in school with their peers. But they lack adequate school supplies, which leads to embarrassment and absenteeism. New backpacks and school supplies help motivate them to attend school, succeed in their work, and fit in with their peers. It is so rewarding to see the excitement and joy on their faces as they receive their backpacks. The students waste no time in opening them up, and pulling out the contents for everyone to see. It is a small thing to most of us, but means everything to them.
Thank you, Operation Backpack!"

– Monica McRho, Program Coordinator-Homeless Liaison
   Sacramento City Unified School District