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Back to School is Cool

Season of Caring

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

Become a NonProfit Board Member

Help kids in need go back to school ready to succeed!

Not every child starts the school year off with a new outfit, shiny new shoes, and a fresh box of crayons. Many parents are struggling just to buy groceries and pay the rent. Back-to-School is COOL! connects local businesses, churches, families, and individuals to disadvantaged children who need a little help to start the school year prepared to succeed.

You can help too. The Back-to-School program gives you four ways to get involved.

Sponsor a child Signing up to sponsor a child gives you the opportunity to provide all the necessary school supplies, a back pack and a complete outfit for the first day of school.

Sponsor Registration Form

Build a Back Pack By choosing to build a back pack, you can provide all the necessary school supplies and a back pack for one child.

Build a Back Pack Registration Form

Hold a Supply Drive Place a collection bin at your office, store or church to collect supplies like notebooks, glue, crayons and pencils. The donated items will be distributed to children in need through local Family Support Centers.

School Supply Drive Form

School Supply List

Back to School Poster

Make a Cash Donation Don’t have time to shop? You can make a cash donation toward sponsoring a child, building a back pack or buying supplies.

• Costs to sponsor a child vary depending on grade and need. Sponsoring an elementary school child is estimated to cost around $100. Sponsoring a junior high or high school student is estimated to cost around $150.
• Cost to build a complete back pack for one child is estimated at $50.
• You can also make a donation – in any amount – toward buying supplies.

All gifts are tax-deductible!

For questions or additional information about getting involved with the Back-to-School is COOL! program, please call (253) 597-6688 or 253-572-4357 or email us at volunteer@uwpc.org.

THANKS

Thanks to the many who donated school supplies and sponsored children in 2006.  You helped 1,382 children start the school year off right.