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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.
★ 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.
Includes FREE DELIVERY within Toronto.
★ Sign-ups close on August 21st!
SIGN-UP BUTTON located near the bottom of this page.
Silent auction fundraiser
Get all the details about our silent auction that is raising money for a back to school drive.
Financial Donations
Where to financially donate towards the gifts of Kits + Backpacks.
Donation Drop-off Locations
Places you can drop-off new school supplies.
Local Schools
A list of the schools currently receiving free backpacks.
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 on September 3rd, 2022 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
★ Sign-ups CLOSE on August 28th, 2022
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 neighborhood.
** 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)
Silent auction fundraiser (part 2)
Please only use one device for your viewing and bidding from now until the end of the auction.Gift baskets, and books, and fitness passes, oh my! Take a look at all our amazing silent auction items with just the click of a button on your mobile device or computer.
Text "School" to 647-930-1938 or email helping.toronto.2020@gmail.com for the computer link, to preview the auction or bid.
PART 1: Bidding will go live at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 20th, 2022 and closes at 6:00 pm the same day.
UPDATE PART 2: of our auction has already opened and will close on Sunday, August 28th 2022 at 6:00 pm... DON'T MISS OUT!!!
If you do not win your bid, then your credit card will not be charged any fees.
Please only use one device for your viewing and bidding from now until the end of the auction.
Financial Donations
$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 will be receiving a total of 350+ backpacks 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