Join NBC4 in Supporting Our Schools/GWCF

PLEASE SUPPORT BACKPACKS 4 KIDS 2018

Help NBC4 - Working 4 You - in giving students in need the tools to get the new school year off to a good start! Our goal is to provide backpacks filled with supplies to  4000  elementary school students across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.  A filled backpack costs approximately $20.  

 Your  donation is tax-deductible through the Greater Washington Community Foundation, which houses and distributes all of the raised funds to purchase backpacks and supplies, which are then distributed by NBC4.  There are several ways that you can help:

Please make a secure online  credit or debit card donation on this page.  

 OR

 Donate NEW backpacks & school supplies at one of two NBC4 on-site collection days:   

 - Thursday, July 26 from 11am-6pm at Woodmore Town Centre,                                    2250 Petrie Lane, Lanham, MD 

- Wednesday, August 8 from 6am-Noon at Apple Federal Credit Union, Kingstowne Branch, 6831 Sir Viceroy Dr, Alexandria, VA 22315 

OR

Send a check made out to Backpacks 4 Kids to: 

Backpacks 4 Kids/GWCF

NBC4 Washington

4001 Nebraska Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20016

 Here are the supplies needed to fill each backpack:

• Loose leaf notebook paper 
• #2 pencils
  
•  Erasers 
•  Composition books 
•  Yellow highlighter 
• Pocket folders 
• One package of 24 crayons and/or one package of colored pencils 
• Glue stick
• 12 inch ruler