Operation Backpack: Complete!

Craig Woodcock, Director of Chelsea Piers Summer Camps
August 25, 2009

Thanks to everyone for their support and participation in Operation Backpack. Chelsea Piers collected 50 backpacks overflowing with school supplies for homeless children in NYC. These 50 backpacks were pooled with donated backpacks from throughout the boroughs to produce over 4,000 fully-filled backpacks! We are extremely proud of Operation Backpack’s success and the shelters were ecstatic when the deliveries arrived.

Our mission today is accomplished, but there is always help needed. For more information on ways to get involved and volunteer, please visit www.voa-gny.org.