Non-profit Cradles to Crayons will be distributing 75,000 backpacks to kids in Philadelphia heading back to school.
According to the National Retail Federation, families with children in grades K-12 spent an average of $875 on clothing, shoes, school supplies and electronics in 2024. With tariffs impacting the cost of many back-to-school items, it is anticipated that spending this year will grow.
PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) -- Cradles to Crayons hosted its annual Backpack-A-Thon at Lincoln Financial Field, as the new school year nears. On Thursday, hundreds of corporate volunteers filled 34,500 backpacks with new school supplies. One of the volunteers was Joyce Abbott, the inspiration behind "Abbott Elementary." The backpacks will be distributed…
CHICAGO — Hundreds of corporate volunteers gathered on the floor at Wintrust Arena on Wednesday to pack thousands of backpacks for Chicagoland kids in need as part of an annual initiative. Cradles to Crayons held its Backpack-A-Thon, the signature event in its Ready for Learning initiative. Volunteers worked to fill…
CHICAGO — From one station to the next, volunteers stepped up to run 10 stops on an assembly line at the Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory on Saturday. “The organization I was in when I was younger used to do school drives, so I know how many people need this…