2015 partners - Volunteers of America

Last year, more than 150 corporate and
community groups provided financial,
in-kind and volunteer support that ensured
Operation Backpack 2014 supplied a new
filled backpack to every homeless child who
needed one. We hope to include the name
of your group in this year’s list!
2015 PARTNERS
ADVERTISING, MEDIA & PR
CONSUMER
21st Century Fox
HarperCollins
Meredith Hispanic Ventures
Merkley and Partners
Oxford University Press
Thompson Reuters
Time Warner Cable
Duane Reade
FedEx
Sony Corp. of America
Weeks Lerman
LAW FIRMS
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Linklaters LLP
Pillsbury Law
FINANCIAL SERVICES
American Century
Investments
Citigroup
Grant Thorton
HSBC
Instinet, LLC
JP Morgan Chase
Lenox Advisors
Marcum
Select Equity Group
TECHNOLOGY
Adobe
ITG
Women in eDiscovery
List in formation
CONTACt
NAKIA ALSTON
(212) 496-4307
[email protected]
COMMUNITY GROUPS/OTHER
Agnes Varis Trust
America Works of
New York, Inc.
Interchurch Center
JCC
Rutgers Presbyterian
Church
Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish - Queens
REAL ESTATE
Brookfield Properties
NY CREW
The Rockefeller Group
RXR Realty
HOSPITALITY
Grand Hyatt New York
Marriott Hotels
Trump International
Trump Soho
Waldorf = Astoria
MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING
Deloitte.
Taylor & Francis Group
Since 1896, Volunteers of America’s skilled and
dedicated staff, committed donors and caring
volunteers have been delivering life-changing, and
in many cases, life-saving services to a wide range
of people in need.
@VOAGNY
THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL-AGE KIDS IN
NEW YORK CITY ARE HOMELESS
One of the most devastating consequences of
homelessness is the impact it can have on a child’s
education. Frequent school transfers and the stigma
associated with living in a shelter add up to great
hardship for these children. Many of them begin
the school year at a disadvantage, without all of the
supplies they need.
Since 2001, the goal of Operation Backpack® has
been to ensure every child in a NYC homeless or
domestic violence shelter begins the school year
with a new backpack filled with grade-specific
supplies and the opportunity to achieve.
VOA IS CONDUCTING BACKPACK DRIVES NATIONWIDE!
Visit OperationBackpackUSA.org to learn more.
HOMELESSNESS & CHILDREN
More than 23,000 children live in a
New York City homeless shelter.1
1 in 20 New York City public school
students is currently homeless.2
Homeless children are 8 - 9 times more likely
than their housed classmates to repeat a grade.3
HOW OPERATION BACKPACK HELPS:
• Gives kids all the supplies they need to do their work
• Helps kids look and feel more like their classmates
and less like “shelter kids”
• Raises public awareness of the needs of
homeless families
• Relieves families of a financial burden
NYC Dept. of Homeless Services website, as of 6/4/15
ICPH Report: “An Unstable Foundation”, 9/2013
1
2,3
MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT
Consider a significant in-kind
or financial contribution.
Call Nakia Alston at 212-496-4307 to discuss.
CONDUCT A DRIVE
Organize a back-to-school drive in your
community. We’ll help you spread the word.
Learn more at:
OperationBackpackNYC.org.
MAY/JUNE: Companies/groups that are
organizing drives inform VOA of their goals
LATE JUNE: Materials for workplace/
community drives available from VOA
JULY 13 - AUGUST 7: Select Walgreens and
Duane Reade stores and additional drop
locations accept new backpacks and supplies
from the general public. Workplace and
community drives are also underway.
AUGUST 10: Backpacks and supplies delivered
to VOA “sort space”
DONATE OR FUNDRAISE NOW!
AUGUST 10 - 21: Volunteers sort supplies
Visit Crowdrise.com/OperationBackpackNYC
and assemble backpacks for distribution to
shelters.