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Info About Our Back-To-School Drive

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

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Low-Income Families Backpack Registration

If someone in your household has the disability/mental health challenge  & you have a student in your household from kindergarten to grade 12, please see details below for our application process... See BACKPACK DELIVERY form.


All other low-income families will be able to register 5 days after applications open for a families with disabilities... See BACKPACK  PICK-UP form.


* NOTE: We are only delivering to families with disabilities &/or mental health challenges. All other families will need to pick-up from our Eglinton/Dufferin location or Danforth/Woodbine location.

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⭐ Purchase Discounted School Kits/Backpacks ⭐


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 June 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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Help Us Help Students

The Toronto Cares Initiative will be collecting NEW school supplies for children in Kindergarten to Grade 12.  


Supplies will be delivered to students in need across Toronto, focusing on household with disabilities. 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 (Monthly Donation Drives page). 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!


Low-Income Backpacks Registration

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Families With Disabilities ONLY

If a member of your household has a disability or mental health condition, and you have children attending school between JK & grade 12, please click on the banner above to apply for delivery.


$15 payment required for delivery, returned in the form of a $15 President's Choice gift card. Order not valid without payment.

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Other Low-Income Families

Registration to ALL OTHER low-income families will open Aug 8/23. Pick-up required, on Sat, Aug 26/23 from 12-4pm, from our packing facilities at 2213 Dufferin St or 2174 Danforth Ave... Please click on the banner above to register for pick-up.


We are hoping to serve everyone on our WAITLIST on Saturday, September 9th, with pick up coming from our 2213 Dufferin St. location. Please watch your email box for a message from us confirming that you will be able to pick up on this date at this location. (Check all spam, junk & promotion folders.) If you do NOT receive an email from us then, unfortunately you have not made it off of the waitlist.

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    Buy Your DISCOUNTED School Kit/ Backpack Kit

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    ★ Sign-ups OPEN NOW!!!

    Each School Supply Kit includes:

    • FREE DELIVERY or PICKUP

    • FREE BINDER

    • FREE 5 SUBJECT DIVIDERS

    • 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 1 kit 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/Subject Dividers ($15)

    School Supply Kit + Binder/Subject Dividers ($15)

    Lunch Bag + Binder/Subject Dividers ($15)


    Backpack + Supply Kit + Lunch Bag + Binder/Subject Dividers ($30)


    Toronto Cares Logo water bottle ($4)


    Delivery or Pickup (free)


    * All purchases include a donation of the same item to a low-income student!

    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

    Financial Donations Made Easy

    $20 you can provide a local low-income student with a backpack, lunch bag and all the supplies seen in the supply kit. 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.

    Financial Donations Made Easy

    Donation Drop-off Locations

    Several locations around Toronto

    Please visit our Monthly Donation Drives page for current drop-off locations.


    Drop-Off Centers

    CRA Charitable Number: 736496076RR0001

    Dufferin St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada* 

    647-451-FOOD (3663)

    Monday-Saturday 8am-7pm

    helping.toronto.2020@gmail.com


    *Mailing address: please visit the 'Contact Us' page

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