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Info About Our Back-To-School Drive

Learn about how to Help Us Help Students by supporting local low-income students.

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★ Discounted School Kits/Backpacks ★


Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. Purchase low-price, high-value, great-quality school supply kit(s) with/without backpack(s), while also helping local students. 

Includes FREE DELIVERY within Toronto.

★ Sign-ups open in August 2023!

SIGN-UP BUTTON located near the bottom of this page.

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Donate Office Supplies

Downsizing or shutting down your office? I have new stationary, paper or binders that you would like to donate?

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Financial Donations

Where to financially donate towards the gifts of Kits + Backpacks.

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Donation Drop-off Locations

Places you can drop-off new school supplies.

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Local Schools

A list of the schools currently receiving free backpacks.

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Help Us Help Students

The Toronto Cares Initiative will be collecting NEW school supplies for children in Kindergarten to Grade 8.  


Supplies will be donated to students in need across Toronto, focusing on the Toronto-St.Paul, Eglinton-Dufferin and Davenport wards, where our home base is located. The backpacks will include items such as pencils, sharpeners, erasers, notebooks, paper, binders, snacks and more!   


Help us by donating NEW supplies before September 2023 at one of our drop-off locations across the city (more details coming soon). A list of items we are looking for can be found below:

• Backpacks

• Pencils

• Sharpeners

• Erasers

• Notebooks

• Paper

• Binders

• Masks

• Lunch bags

• Pens

• Rulers

• Calculators

• Pencil crayons

• Pencil cases


  Help Toronto’s students start the year off right!


    Buy Your School Kit/ backpack kit

    Register Here To Buy Kits/Backpacks

    ★ Sign-ups OPEN in August 2023

    Each School Supply Kit includes:

    • FREE DELIVERY

    • FREE BINDER

    • 1 One Subject Spiral Notebook (70 Pages)
    • 1 2-Pocket Organizer Folder
    • 1 Zip Top Canvas Pencil Case
    • 1 Set of 3 #2 Pencils
    • 1 Set of 3 Black & Blue Ballpoint Ink Pens
    • 1 Pack of 5 Crayons
    • 1 Highlighter
    • 1 12-Inch Ruler (Includes Metric Centimeters)
    • 1 Easy Twist-Up Glue Stick (Washable)
    • 1 Pencil Sharpener with Dome Lid
    • 2 Pink Erasers

    PLUS... For every 2 kits purchased, 1 kit will be donated to a low-income student in our local Toronto neighborhoods.

    ** Various random colours for the kits/lunch bags, but you can choose GROUP 1 (mostly neutral colours) or GROUP 2 (mostly pastel colours) for the backpacks only.



    ⭐ SALE PRICES ⭐


    Backpack + Binder ($15)

    School Supply Kit + Binder ($15)

    Lunch Bag + Binder ($15)


    Backpack + Supply Kit + Lunch Bag + Binder ($30)


    Delivery (free)

    Donate Office Supplies

    Stationary and paper and binders, oh my! Our Back-To-School Supplies Drive accepts all NEW office supplies that could be used by students in the upcoming school year.


    Email helping.toronto.2020@gmail.com or call/text 647-451-3663 to donate!


    Have USED office supplies also? Check out our Biannual-Clothing-& More-Drive for how to donate these items and turn them into funding for our initiatives.

    Financial Donations

    Donating made easy

    $20 you can provide a local low-income student with a backpack, lunch bag, water bottle and all the supplies seen below. PLEASE DONATE TODAY!


    Every dollar donated will go directly to school supplies for students in need!!! 


    Push the button above to be directed to our Donate Page with multiple options available to match your individual needs.

    Donation Drop-off Locations

    Toronto, Oakwood Village Neighbourhood (Main Site)

    Toronto, Oakwood Village Neighbourhood (Main Site)

    Toronto, Oakwood Village Neighbourhood (Main Site)

    For Youth Initiative (FYI) Headquarters 

    Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm

    Address: 504 Oakwood Ave, York, ON M6E ZX1

    Toronto, Keelesdale-Eglinton West Neighbourhood

    Toronto, Oakwood Village Neighbourhood (Main Site)

    Toronto, Oakwood Village Neighbourhood (Main Site)

    Volunteer Member Home

    Intersection: Weston Road & Rogers Road

    Toronto, High Park-Swansea Neighbourhood

    Toronto, High Park-Swansea Neighbourhood

    Toronto, High Park-Swansea Neighbourhood

    Volunteer Member Home

    Intersection: Keele Street & Bloor Street West

    Toronto, Wychwood Neighbourhood

    Toronto, High Park-Swansea Neighbourhood

    Toronto, High Park-Swansea Neighbourhood

    Volunteer Member Home

    Intersection: St-Clair Avenue West & Christie Street

    Local Schools & Organizations

    The following 13 schools (grades K-8) + 5 Community Organizations received a total of 400+ backpacks in 2022 as part of our donation program, (including 120 donated by BSI Group Canada). Also includes 1300+ new binders, (donated by Ivey Business School in London, Ontario).

    🌐 DAVENPORT WARD

    (1) Dovercourt Public School

    228 Bartlett Ave, Toronto, M6H 3G4

    (2) Fairbank Memorial Community School

    555 Harvie Ave, Toronto, M6E 4M2

    (3) Brock Public School

    93 Margueretta, Toronto, M6H 3S4

    (4) Alexander Muir/Gladstone Ave Junior & Senior Public School

    108 Gladstone Ave, Toronto, M6J 3L2

    (5) St. John Bosco Catholic School

    75 Honesdale Rd, Toronto, M6E 1Y2

    🌐 TORONTO-ST PAUL'S WARD

    (1) Hillcrest Community School

    (1) Hillcrest Community School

    (1) Hillcrest Community School

    44 Hilton Ave, Toronto, M5R 3E6

    (2) Fairbank Public School

    (1) Hillcrest Community School

    (1) Hillcrest Community School

    2335 Dufferin St, Toronto, M6E 3S5

    (3) St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School

    (3) St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School

    (3) St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School

    402 Melita Cres, Toronto, M6G 3X6

    (4) Winona Drive Senior Public School

    (3) St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School

    (3) St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School

    101 Winona Dr, Toronto, M6G 3S8

    🌐 EGLINTON/LAWRENCE WARD

    (1) Baycrest Public School

    (2) Flemington Public School

    (2) Flemington Public School

    145 Baycrest Ave, Toronto, M6A 1W4

    (2) Flemington Public School

    (2) Flemington Public School

    (2) Flemington Public School

    10 Flemington Rd, Toronto, M6A 2N4

    (3) Armour Heights Public School

    (4) John Ross Robertson Junior Public School

    (4) John Ross Robertson Junior Public School

    148 Wilson Ave, Toronto, M5M 3A5

    (4) John Ross Robertson Junior Public School

    (4) John Ross Robertson Junior Public School

    (4) John Ross Robertson Junior Public School

    130 Glengrove Ave W, Toronto, M4R 1P2

    🌐 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

    (1) CAMH Rise Day Treatment School

    (1) CAMH Rise Day Treatment School

    (1) CAMH Rise Day Treatment School

    (2) Lumenus Day Treatment Schools

    (1) CAMH Rise Day Treatment School

    (1) CAMH Rise Day Treatment School

    (3) Horizons Youth Shelter

    (1) CAMH Rise Day Treatment School

    (4) Covenant House Youth Shelter

    (4) Covenant House Youth Shelter

    (5) Two Community Tables (by MPP Jill Andrew)

    (4) Covenant House Youth Shelter

    (5) Two Community Tables (by MPP Jill Andrew)

    (5) Two Community Tables (by MPP Jill Andrew)

    (5) Two Community Tables (by MPP Jill Andrew)

    🌐 BINDERS ONLY

    (5) Two Community Tables (by MPP Jill Andrew)

    (5) Two Community Tables (by MPP Jill Andrew)

    (1) For Youth Initiative (FYI)

    (2) Pride Toronto 

    (3) UJA Federation of Greater Toronto 

    (4) Native Child & Family Services 

    CRA Nonprofit Business Number: 736496076RC0001

    Dufferin St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

    647-451-FOOD (3663)

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