Yes, summer is in full swing, but metro youth will be back to school before we know it! Now is the time to Shop for Good and provide the items local nonprofits need to help their program participants start the school year off on the right foot.
Brilliant Detroit
- Backpacks, Notebooks, Pens, Pencils, Markers, Looseleaf paper, Construction paper, Folders, Binders, Calculators, Highlighters, Index cards, Hand Sanitizer, Paper Towel, Toilet Tissue, Boxes of Napkins
Center for Success Network
Centro Multicultural La Familia, Inc
Clara's Hope
- Backpacks, Notebooks, Pencils, Markers, Crayons
Community Housing Network
CHN is seeking to collect 300 backpacks stuffed with all the school essentials to set up students for success. CHN aims to provide stable, safe housing for people who have faced homelessness. Unfortunately too many of the people we serve are children, but we can still ensure these students are supported!
We hope to get in donations before August 12, but that is a flexible deadline. Donations can be dropped off at our office at 5505 Corporate Drive, Troy MI 48098
- Backpacks, Markers, Pencils, Pens, Notebooks, Folders, Highlighters, Binders, Calculators, Index cards
- No used items!
Detroit Institute for Children
- Printer paper (white), Books (new or used), Construction paper, Pens, Pencils, Markers, Highlighters, Folders, Binders
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries is preparing for our annual backpack giveaways and we could use donations! We give away hundreds of backpacks to the kids in our family shelters and also in the community in August and September.
Items can be dropped off at our administration office at 150 Stimson Street Detroit MI 48201 Monday-Friday from 9 am-4 pm.
To coordinate a drop-off or for more information, please contact Kisha Woods at kwoods@drmm.org or call 313.993.4700 x3930
- Backpacks
Ennis Center for Children
- Uniforms, Backpacks, Notebooks, Pencils, Folders, Calculators, Binders, Highlighters
- No used items
Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation
Insideout Literary Arts
Kids Kicking Cancer | Heroes Circle
Collect Backpacks and School Supplies!
Mint Artists Guild
MiSide
Macomb County Child Advocacy Center, Inc. - Care House
- Backpacks, Notebooks, Pens, Markers, Folders, Binders, Calculators, Highlighters
- No used items
Mercy Education Project
Mittens for Detroit
- New, warm, durable mittens and gloves for kids of all ages
- We cannot accept anything that is used. We ask that you not donate stretchy, thin "magic gloves" as they don't keep out the cold or keep in the heat... and they are not durable. Thank you!
Orchards Children's Services
Popcorn and Books
Samaritas
- Backpacks, Notebooks, Pencils, Pens, Markers, Looseleaf paper, Folders, Binders, Highlighters, Index cards, Calculators
- Does not accept items depicting violence, inappropriate content, etc.
Six Feet Over
- Backpacks
Spaulding for Children
Spaulding for Children is hosting a Rolling Back to School Bash on August 9. There will be roller skating, food, and school supplies for the youth in our care. We are looking for donations of school supplies to fill our backpacks.
The donations can be brought to Spaulding in person or shipped to us at: Spaulding for Children, 16250 Northland, Suite 120, Southfield, MI 48075
- Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 - Thursday, August 8, 2024
- Notebooks, Pens, Markers, Looseleaf paper, Pencils, Folders, Calculators, Binders, Index cards, Hand Sanitizer
- No used items!
The Detroit Educational Takeover
The Guidance Center
We are in need of book bags for kids of all ages, most especially tweens and teens!
- Backpacks, Notebooks, Pencils, Folders, Calculators, Binders, Highlighters
- Please call Beth Kobylasz at 734-785-7705 ext. 7087 OR Liesa Finazzo at 734-785-7705 ext. 7203. Thank you!
Vista Maria
- Construction paper, Markers, Pencils, Spiral bound notebooks, pencil sharpeners, sharpies
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit
- Backpacks, Notebooks, Pens, Pencils, Markers, Folders, Highlighters
- No used items!
Young People Travel Global Edge
- Backpacks, Pencils, Folders, Looseleaf paper, Calculators, Highlighters, After School Snacks