As we prepare for the 2022-2023 school year, KVC wants to ensure that each child in our care is fully prepared when they return to school in the fall. Over the summer months, we invite you to extend a helping hand to children in your local community by donating new backpacks, pens, pencils, calculators, binders and more to your local KVC office!

By donating a backpack filled with new school supplies, you are giving a child the best possible start to a successful school year! You are also providing positive memories during a difficult time for a child.

Gather your friends, co-workers, neighbors, book club, or church group and host a donation drive! Ask friends and family to donate the supplies and have a backpack filling party to prepare backpacks for children in your community. Click here to purchase school supplies on our Amazon Wishlist!

Here is the list of supplies we are collecting so that each child can have a positive start to their school year:

• Backpacks
• Pocket folders in various colors
• Graph paper
• Wide-rule notebook paper and spiral notebooks
• College-rule notebook paper and spiral notebooks
• 3-ring binders
• Boxes of tissues
• Black, blue, and red pens
• Highlighters in various colors
• Crayons – 24 count
• Number 2 pencils
• Glue sticks
• Index cards
• Calculator

If you would like to donate supplies, items can be dropped off at the KVC Kentucky office location nearest you. To find a local office, please visit our locations page.

We know the summer months are a busy time, so if you don’t have time to shop, please consider helping by making an online donation noted for the back-to-school supply drive, and our volunteers will do the shopping for you! Rest assured that all designated donations will go directly towards purchasing school supplies for children and youth in foster care and receiving behavioral health services with KVC Kentucky.