Recap of 2024 Backpacks for Kids School Supply Drive

23 Aug Recap of 2024 Backpacks for Kids School Supply Drive

We did it! We helped Remove Barriers! 

The Foundation is thrilled to have hosted another successful Backpacks for Kids School Supply Drive, supporting Northshore students in need. For the past five years, we’ve proudly led this effort, and each year, we’re more inspired by the community’s dedication. 

Your generosity has made a significant impact, ensuring that many students are equipped for success this school year. Thanks to your support, we’ve provided over 730 backpacks filled with essential school supplies to Northshore students in need. 

Thank you for being a part of this important effort. Your contributions truly made a difference! 

The Foundation wants to give a big THANK YOU to… 

…our 30+ public collection site hosts for displaying a red bin and poster for donations! 

…our 10+ private collection sites and individuals for hosting employee only supply drives! 

• Coastal Community Bank in Woodinville 
  

  Our private and public community hosts for Backpacks for Kids

• Marketplace Sotheby’s in Woodinville 

• Ephesus Cafe and Gelato 

• The Pizza Coop & Ale House 

• Swanky Scoop Ice Cream 

• Triplehorn Brewing Company 

• Bothell and Woodinville BECU 

• Prohibition Cellars 

• Woodinville and Bothell Banner Bank 

• Fusion Hot Yoga 

• StretchLab in Bothell  

• Northshore School District Admin. Building 

• Pella Windows & Doors of Western Washington 

• Bothell United Methodist Church 

• Bothell and Woodinville BECU 

• Harborstone Credit Union-Bothell Branch

• Bothell Pediatric Dentistry

• First Lutheran Church 

• Sugar Rush Candy Store 

• The Bothell Florist 

• F45 Training 

• Cut and Flow 

• Alexa’s Cafe & Catering 

• Ohh…macarons  

• Woodinville and Bothell First Financial Northwest Bank 

• Northshore YMCA 

• Kenmore Smiles Family Dentistry 

• Cooley Smiles 

• Snapdoodle 

• Stoup Brewing [Kenmore location only] 

• ThermoFisher 

• Cornerstone General Contractors  

• Lockheed Martin  

• Amy Cast  

• TeamLogic IT  

• American Water Damage Restoration  

• Kate Dick 

• Bhindeshi Members  

• Girl Scout Bothell Day Camp 

• The Cottage  

• Junction Apartments  

• The POP Apartments 

• Fey and Grey Orthodontists  

• GreenPoint Technologies  

• Blacklion Heating and Air Conditioning 

• The Retreat in Bothell  

• CBRE 

• Cairdeas Salon within Sola Salons in Canyon Park

…our dineout hosts: The Pizza Coop & Ale House, Swanky Scoop, and Ephesus Cafe & Gelato for letting us feast for good during the summer! 

…Woodinville Chamber of Commerce, Bothell-Kenmore Chamber of Commerce, Celebrate Woodinville, City of Kenmore, and City of Bothell for letting us promote donations at their events! 

…Tend Home Team and their in-kind donation. We were able to transport and move backpacks! 

…our 20+ volunteers who helped us pack school supply kits and delivered ’em to NSD schools! 

…Foundation staff, Board members, and volunteers who made this annual event possible! 

…Coastal Community Bank, First Financial Northwest Bank, and Northwest Playground Equipment Inc., for being our Removing Barriers pillar sponsors! We couldn’t do our service work without their monetary support!  

…Northwest Electric & Solar, Sugar Rush Candy Store, and Stoup Brewing in Kenmore for hosting extra special promotions! 

…All donors and supporters! We couldn’t have done this without you!

Extra special THANKS to Stoup Brewing in Kenmore for hosting their summer Beer-B-Q and raffle in honor of the Foundation’s Removing Barriers!

We want to remove barriers in education for Northshore students, year-round.  

 

Backpacks for Kids Supply Drive is one program under our Removing Barriers pillar. Other programs include: Opportunity Fund, Basic Needs Aid, Homelessness Services, and Student Meals.

 

Barriers in education come in many forms and the Northshore Schools Foundation believes that all students deserve the opportunity to achieve academic growth regardless of their abilities, learning style, cultural background or economic circumstances. We continuously work year round on all Removing Barrier’s programs.

Questions on Removing Barriers? Email: kimm@nsdfoundation.org 

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Are you interested in learning more about our year-round supply drives? Click here to find out details.

Questions on supply drives? Email: kimm@nsdfoundation.org