Adopt A Backpack Buddy

Every weekend there are children that go home hungry.  The Adopt a Backpack Buddy Program was created in partnership with the Chester County Food Bank to meet the needs of hungry children at times when other resources are not available, such as weekends.  Good nutrition over the weekend helps children return to school on Monday morning feeling good and ready to learn, instead of feeling sick, weak and unable to concentrate.  By adopting a Backpack Buddy, you personally help by giving these students a chance for a brighter future.

To Adopt a Back Pack Buddy
6 Months - $190.00
1 Year - $369.00
2 Years - $738.00
3 Years - $1107.00

Gifts of any amount are greatly appreciated and will go toward purchasing food to help the children that are part of the Backpack Buddy Program.

Most Needed Non-Perishable Items for Backpack Buddy Club
Donations Accepted
Backpack weight can not exceed 7 lbs - no canned items please

Protein
Pouches (only) of tuna or chicken or tuna, Peanut Butter (small jars)

Fruits & Vegetables
Fruit Cups packed in 100% juice, 100% fruit juice packets

Grains
Boxed grains, Healthy Cereal (12 - 16 oz.), Easy Mac macaroni & cheese (whole wheat noodles), pouch of Pasta Sides, pouches of Pasta Meals (not canned), pouch Ready Rice

Healthy Snacks
Box of Raisins, Yogurt Cereal Bars,Fruit Filled Cereal Bars,Fruit Roll-Ups, Granola Bars,Crackers (plain, peanut butter, cheese), Instant Pudding

Dairy
Shelf-stable milk (Parmalat)

Operation Warm

The Believe & Achieve Foundation has teamed up with Operation Warm to help keep children warm this winter with HATIMALS!  Choose from Penguins, Monkeys, Panda Bears, Bunnies, Frogs and Mice.  Enjoy these soft, adorable hats made with alpaca.

Here’s How the Program Works…

When you purchase a HATIMAL for $20.00 from the Believe & Achieve Foundation, the Foundation will match that purchase by sending an additional HATIMAL to children in need through Operation Warm.  To purchase a Hatimal, please contact the Believe & Achieve Foundation.

What is Operation Warm?

Since 1998, Operation Warm has distributed more than 800,000 new winter coats to children living in poverty throughout the United States with concentration in the Delaware Valley, Operation Warm’s birthplace.  The new winter coats are distributed to children in major geographic regions including the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware, with coordinated urban efforts in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Minneapolis. 

Operation Warm identifies, selects and distributes through strategic community partners that are high impact, leadership organizations working with their city’s neediest populations to address issues including quality education, access to healthcare, after-school support, and family sustainability.  Operation Warm is headquartered in Chadds Ford, PA where the staff embraces the mission and vision to change the lives of children.  In 2002 Operation Warm became a 501(c)(3).