Back to School, Back to Hope: Our Backpack & Supply Drive
By Katie Maguire | August 8th, 2025
The Good Works Project & Branching Out held our Annual School Supply Drive supporting Arizona youth in foster care. Our Community Partners and many individuals purchased and collected donations through the month of July and the backpacks will be donated to the DCS Placement Center for use throughout the year by children in care.
These school supplies will support children throughout the entire school year as they arrive at the foster care placement center. Children come to the placement center every day, often frightened and with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. Many are sent to new schools without any supplies while they wait for a permanent family.
The support from our amazing Community Partners ensures these children have the essential items they need to succeed and feel confident during their school day. Last year, we packed hundreds of backpacks, all of which were used within just three months. With your partnership, we hope to expand our reach and help even more children this year.
The Good Works Project will host a packing party to fill backpacks with these supplies at the beginning of August.
