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Thousands of children across the United States will go back to school this September without the basic supplies they need, unless we help. Volunteers of America supports Operation Backpack 2008, an annual back-to-school drive asking you, the general public, to deliver backpacks filled with school supplies to designated drop locations for children in need.

Some families have made this a tradition as they go shopping for school supplies for their own children. Others re-live the fun of shopping for school supplies even though their children are grown-up. Still others are newly discovering just how much fun it can be to shop for a child in need.

The business community can also participate by becoming Operation Backpack Sponsors and by engaging their employees in backpack and school supply drives. Recognition of corporate support would include listing on our website and in our statewide newsletter.

Please join Operation Backpack spokesperson Paige Davis, host of TLC's "Trading Spaces", and  designer extraordinaire Doug Wilson in providing backpacks for children in need.

For information on Operation Backpack drives in other cities, visit OperationBackpackUSA.org