BACKPACKS for HOPE

Backpacks for Hope

Backpacks for Hope helps foster brighter educational journeys for young minds! From mid-July to mid-August, Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Club coordinates with host sites to collect backpacks and school supplies that our team distributes to families before the school year kicks off. Backpacks for Hope makes a profound impact on families in our community year after year. Thanks to the support of supporters like you, we filled 301 backpacks with necessary school supplies in 2024!

Keep an eye out for information about registration during July 2025! Applications for 2025's Backpacks for Hope will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, as long as resources allow. The Backpacks for Hope 2024 application will go live during July 2025! Applications must be received by our office during the first week of August to be considered.

If you are interested in contributing toward this effort but cannot visit one of our host sites, you can still donate money or in-kind items! If you have any questions or concerns, give our office a call at (845) 342-8833.

Interested in Applying?

If you are interested in applying for your child(ren) to receive school supplies through Backpacks for Hope, please complete our 2025 application when it goes live in Jul7 2025. Please print and fill out the appropriate application and either mail or hand-deliver it to our office. Instructions for submission will be found on the first page of each application.

Children who do not attend Boys & Girls Clubs' Before- or After-School programs and/or our Summer Day Camps are required to also submit financial documentation to be considered.

Applications will be accepted from July 18 - August 2025 on a first-come, first-serve basis.

You may submit the application via:
Email to office@bgcorange.org
Fax to (845) 342-8836
Mail to P.O. Box 14, Circleville, NY 10919
Drop Off at our Clubhouse at 60 Creamery Road in Circleville, NY

2024 Host Sites

We are so appreciative of our 2024 Host Sites! The Backpacks for Hope program would not be possible without their support. If you are interested in being a Host Site in 2025, call our office at (845) 342-8833. 

2024 Host Sites:

• Allstate: 50 Carpenter Avenue, Middletown, NY 10940
• Crystal Run Healthcare: 95 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY 10940
• City Winery: 23 Factory Street, Montgomery, NY 12549
• Jeff Bank: 19 Church Street, Liberty, NY 12754
• Keller Williams Realty: 9 Bert Crawford Road, Suite 104, Middletown, NY 10940 
• Medline Industries: GQ23+M8, Montgomery, NY 12549
• Misner Agency: 489 State Route 52, Woodbourne, NY 12788
• Nebrasky Plumbing: 1019 Route 17M, Suite 3, Monroe 10950
• Orange Bank & Trust: 212 Dolson Avenue, Middletown, NY 10940
• Planet Fitness: 30 Gibbs Court, Middletown, NY 10940
• Pratt & Whitney: 225 Tower Drive, Middletown, NY 10941
• Resorts World Catskills: 888 Resorts World Drive, Monticello, NY 12701
• River Reporter: 93 Erie Avenue, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
• Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association: 15 Sullivan Avenue, Suite 1, Liberty, NY 12754
• Town of Mount Hope: 1706 NY 211 Otisville 10963
• Town of Wallkill: 99 Tower Drive, Building A, Middletown, NY 10941

Interested in Partnering as a Host Site?

As the school year winds down every year, we immediately start thinking about the start of next school year and the financial hardship it can bring for many families.

Thanks to the help of our local community, our annual Backpacks for Hope school supply drive in 2024 was a huge success! Together, we put 301 backpacks filled with school supplies in the hands of children in 2024. Backpacks for Hope supports children in need in school districts across Sullivan County and Northern Orange County! Each backpack was filled with a variety of crucial supplies to help children have a successful school year. In order to have another successful year, we need community partners like you to work alongside us as host sites!

Will you consider being a Backpacks for Hope host site in 2025?

If you are interested, please feel free to contact us! We can be reached via phone at (845) 342-8833.