I received some backpack sackpacks from Office Depot to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Summer is almost over, and the first day of the school year is an exciting time, complete with new clothes and back-to-school gear. But for kids in families where money is tight, the experience can be just the opposite. For the last 16 years, the Office Depot Foundation has been giving children important tools. Supplies that they need to succeed in school and in life at the beginning of the new school year. Ensuring that no child gets left behind is a key part of making sure that kids start the school year off right.
This year is no exception. In 2016, the Foundation the independent charitable giving arm of Office Depot is celebrating the 16th year of its award-winning National Backpack Program. It will be donating 200,000 colorful new sackpacks to nonprofit organizations, schools and agencies across the United States and internationally.
The office Depot Foundation sent me a selection of sackpacks to donate to my local school or charity. The drawstring-style sackpacks come in seven bright and colorful designs. Each one includes a zippered pouch containing a pen, pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, six-inch ruler and four crayons. The sackpacks do not have any Office Depot Foundation or Office Depot logos or markings, so no children will feel singled out.
By the end of 2016, Office Depot and the Office Depot Foundation will have given away more than 4 million backpacks and sackpacks. All since their National Backpack Program began in 2001.
The National Backpack Program
For more information about the National Backpack Program, visit the Office Depot Foundation’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/officedepotfoundation. To learn more about the Office Depot Foundation and its initiatives, go to www.officedepotfoundation.org/. You can follow the Foundation on Twitter @OfficeDepotFndn; the National Backpack Program’s hashtag is #ODFcares. The Foundation is also on Instagram: @officedepotfoundation.
A company that gives back to the community, well done and thank you
Theses products are very cool love it
This sounds like a fantastic program! I’d never heard of it before.
I will always choose a company that gives back before one that doesn’t. So good to hear!
Such an awesome program, this is so amazing that children can still get what they need for school!
What a great program and what store for providing to children in need. Bravo Office Depot !
Awesome program to help out the schools to make sure all children have what they need.
such a great program. love it!
Those items look super nice. What a great gesture.
Excellent program. There are so many kids that cannot afford a backpack and they all need one!
This program sounds awesome!
Sounds like a foundation doing great work!
I have never heard about this before, but it is an awesome program! So many children go to school with no school supplies!
it’s great that companies are stepping up and donating to local programs
I love the vibrant colours
This sounds like an amazing program but I have never heard of it before.
What a great program that Staples has!
First I have heard of this but I think it is a great program! Way to go Office Depot!
I love a company that gives back to the community,
THANK YOU FOR GIVING BACK
What a great program, every child likes new items.
That’s really wonderful. It’s special to start out the year with something new and it gives motivation.
Sad this program is needed but such a great resource for those who can use it
I really love how they are giving back to the community! This sounds like a wonderful project
Awesome program. Who doesn’t love getting new school supplies?
And such beautiful designs as well.
I love programs like these, had no idea that Staples had one like it!
I like how they’ve thought of not including any logos on the products so children won’t be singled out. This is a really great program that helps so many kids!
Office Depot really has good prices on far more BTS supplies than I thought they would carry!
This is an awesome program, many children need assistance at back to school time
I’m glad to hear that the Office Depot Foundation is still giving away backpacks. The designs this year are fantastic!
I love the designs on the bags, especially the colourful floral one with the fish etc. School supplies are something a lot of us take for granted, but they sure add up and I can see how families could struggle to get everything they need.
Sounds like an amazing program.
Perfect it’s giving back to the community, great philanthropy
That’s a really good program