Join WNDU-TV and our partners and support 16 Pack-A-Backpack
Across Michiana, families and teachers are making plans for kids to safely get back to learning. But now more than ever, many people can’t afford basic school supplies. That’s why WNDU-TV is teaming up with Notre Dame Federal Credit Union, Goodwill, Meijer, and our partners for the 16 Pack-A-Backpack school supply drive. And we’re making it easier and safer than ever for you to help.
Just click the link below to donate to Pack-A-Backpack through Goodwill. For only ten dollars, you can provide a backpack and supplies to help a child start the new school year. Your donation will help children from kindergarten to sixth grade throughout Michiana.
Whether kids return to the classroom fulltime, part time, or study at home, they still need the supplies to succeed. Please support 16 Pack-A-Backpack today.
To help answer your questions, we’ve pulled together some information about this year’s 16 Pack-A-Backpack.
How will my donation be used?
One hundred percent of donations will be used to provide children with the following supplies: a backpack, pencil box, crayons or markers, glue stick, folders, notebooks, filler paper, erasers, a ruler, scissors, pencils, and pens.
We work with Meijer and Goodwill to purchase and safely sort, pack, and distribute supplies to area agencies.
Can I donate supplies?
To ensure the safety of the many people who support Pack-A-Backpack, as well as our generous donors, WNDU-TV will not be collecting supplies in person or at our traditional drop-off locations.
Who gets the supplies?
Local children in kindergarten through sixth grade will get the backpacks and supplies. WNDU-TV works with schools and agencies in our 10-county viewing area to identify children who need the supplies.
If I need school supplies, who do I contact?
The following is a list of participating agencies. Response to the coronavirus may have changed the way these organizations distribute supplies. Please contact them for current distribution information.
St. Joseph County, IN
South Bend Community School Corporation
(574) 393-6000
Elkhart County, IN
Elkhart Community Schools
See school social workers
Elkhart, IN
(574) 262-5540
Emerge Ministries
Elkhart, IN 46516
(574) 215-8401
Minority Health Coalition-Elkhart
Elkhart, IN 46515
(574) 522-0128
Starke County, IN
Starke County Youth Club/Knox Community Schools
(574) 772-1600 x1851
Kosciusko County, IN
Warsaw Combined Community Services
574-265-4179
Marshall County, IN
Interested parties should contact following school systems directly (Schools receiving supplies from Indiana State Police & Plymouth FOP): Plymouth, LaVille, Culver, Triton, Argos, Bremen, & John Glenn.
Fulton County, IN
United Fund Backpack Program
(574) 367-7366 x 1007
Berrien County, MI
Salvation Army Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
(269) 270-4006
Salvation Army Niles
Niles, MI 49120
(269) 684-2660
Saint Gabriel Church Hispanic Ministry
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
(269) 449-0599
Hands up Ministry
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
(269) 465-3956 or (269) 782-7490
Cass County, MI
United Way of South West Michigan
(269) 982-1700
