Event Information


This is the time where we provide backpacks, school supplies, and gift certificates for school clothes for underprivileged children.

Please bring supplies needed, we have the backpacks.
Items needed for the Backpacks.

All are welcome

The annual Friends & Helpers Back to School Program is underway and with your help, together we will provide thousands of children and teens in Southern California shelters with new backpacks filled with the essential school supplies they need for the new year.

Please take a look at the list of items and information below to see where you can help.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED:

  • Backpacks
  • College-Ruled Notebook Paper
  • Wide-Ruled Notebook Paper
  • 1 & 2 inch Three-ring Binders
  • Spiral Notebooks
  • Book Report Folders
  • Dividers
  • Glue Sticks
  • Rulers
  • Kid and Adult Scissors
  • Thin Color Markers
  • Washable Color Markers
  • Mechanical & No. 2 Pencils
  • Pencil Top Erasers
  • Pink Erasers
  • Sharpeners
  • Bic Pens (Blue & Black Ink)
  • Pencil Pouches

DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES!
Send or bring items from the list to one of the following addresses:

Friends & Helpers Foundation
15260 Ventura Blvd., Suite 2100
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(Donations accepted 9am – 5pm any weekday)
Galpin Ford
15505 Roscoe Blvd.
North Hills, CA 91343
(Donations accepted 9am – 5pm Aug. 10-20)



VOLUNTEER!:  Join us to help stuff the backpacks and get them ready for delivery to the kids. There’ll be music, a raffle, prizes and lots of fun! We hope to see you there!

Saturday, August 20, 2011
9am – 1pm
Galpin Ford
15505 Roscoe Blvd., North Hills, CA 91343

To contact Friends & Helpers, or make a donation, please email us at: info@friendsandhelpers.org