The backpack drive is back!

Our annual backpack drive is here! 

NEW backpacks and school supplies can be dropped off now through August 11. Our goal is 150 backpacks to support the Quincy Family Resource Center and Wellspring. For details on what is needed and how to give, please see below. Thank you ❤️

What is needed:

New or unused backpacks for kids in grades Pre-K to 12, colored pencils, highlighters, binders, crayons, scissors, pencils, twin pocket folders, erasers, pens, flash drives, graph paper, wide-rule notebooks paper, glue sticks, pencil pouches, college ruled notebook paper, composition notebooks, washable markers, calculators.

Donations can be left in the wooden bin outside the side door or in the collection bins in the foyer.

You can also deliver directly to the Quincy Family Resource Center at:

1120 Hancock Street
Quincy, MA 02169

Financial contributions:

Don’t have time to shop? Donate right to QFRC using the link below or send in a check to St. John’s marked “Backpack Drive,” or Venmo Margaret Curtis at @Margaret-Curtis-20 and write “backpack drive” in the note.