Preparing for a brighter tomorrow.
Why Join Backpacks for Success!?
The harsh reality of poverty in Orange County is that it affects roughly 100,000 children everyday. More than one-third of children in the United States enter school with significant deficiencies in language, early literacy skills, and motivation to learn, placing them at considerable risk for developing long-term reading difficulties.
According to a recent study, it is estimated that up to 78% of low-income students start the school year with no or inadequate school supplies, putting the student and the teacher at a disadvantage from the very first day of school. In Orange County, 14.3% of all high school students drop out over the course of four years of high school. High school dropouts are more likely to have lower earnings, experience more unemployment, and are more likely to require welfare assistance than their peers who complete high school or college. Nearly three-quarters of Latino youth surveyed who cut their education short during or right after high school say they did so because they had to support their family. Children living in poverty should have an equal opportunity in education which begins by first making sure they have the tools that are vital to their success.
Our Goal!
We can make a difference with your help. Backpacks for Success! will provide 2,000 students in schools located in neighborhoods with significant poverty and unemployment with fully supplied backpacks from donor businesses and organizations. Eligible students between grades K-12 will receive one backpack with supplies such as: pencils, erasers, colored pencils, crayons, glue sticks, paper, and other grade appropriate items.
Backpacks and supplies will be distributed to students prior to the 2011-2012 school year.
Backpacks for Success! forms
We Need Your Help!
There are three ways that your business or organization can help support Backpacks for Success!:
- Become a sponsor for the Backpacks for Success! program. Sponsors will get recognition on our website and promotional materials.
- Make a tax-deductible financial contribution today and we’ll purchase all the supplies for you. A donation of $55 will supply a child with a backpack with school supplies. Please make checks payable to CAPOC – Backpacks for Success! and mail to 11870 Monarch Street, Garden Grove, CA 92841.
- Donate backpacks and school supplies directly to Backpacks for Success! or hold a School Supplies Drive at your work or organization. Keep in mind that all school supplies and donated backpacks should be newly purchased.
Who We Are!
As the anti-poverty agency that serves Orange County, we help over 800,000 individuals and families gain skills and tools to become self-sufficient annually. The services provided by Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC) enhance the lives of low-income populations within Orange County. This population includes seniors, children, women with children and the working poor.
If you are interested in participating in Backpacks for Success! sponsorship opportunities, hold a B4S! drive, or for more information, please contact
Marleen Morrill at (714) 897-6670 ext 3404 or e-mail at mmorrill@capoc.org.
School supply donations can be dropped off at the following location:
CAPOC Main Office
11870 Monarch Street
Garden Grove, CA 92841
Attn: Marleen Morrill
Telephone: 714-897-6670 ext 3404
If you would like to hold a Backpacks for Success! Donation drive,
please contact Marleen Morrill at (714)897-6670 ext 3404 or at mmorrill@capoc.org.
Need a Backpack?
Our target is to reach eligible low-income K-12 students attending school in the Orange County area. To apply, please visit one of our Family Resource Centers and fill out an application. Please bring proof of family income, school records or ID for each child applying for a backpack.
- Anaheim Independencia: 10841 Garza Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804 (714) 826-9070
Accepting applications starting July 18th.
- El Modena: 18672 E. Center Street, Orange, CA 92869 (714) 532-3595
Accepting applications starting July 25th.
Distribution will be Saturday August 13, 2011
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
