New Backpacks for Shelter Clients
Our program collects new backpacks and school supplies for families trying to live on minimum wage, staying at our shelters, or coming to the soup kitchen for food. The NSKS staff works diligently with our client families to provide eligible children (Grade Kindergarten through 12th Grade) with a new backpack filled with new, grade-appropriate supplies.
New Backpacks for Shelter Clients
Our program collects new backpacks and school supplies for families trying to live on minimum wage, staying at our shelters, or coming to the soup kitchen for food. The NSKS staff works diligently with our client families to provide eligible children (Grade Kindergarten through 12th Grade) with a new backpack filled with new, grade-appropriate supplies.
2022 Backpack Program:
New backpacks and new supplies (check the list on this page) can be dropped off at 2 Quincy Street in our Business Office, Monday – Friday from 9AM – 5PM through Friday, August 12th.
Our Backpacks for Back to School program is being held at and hosted by Main Street United Methodist Church, 154 Main St., Nashua. There is much more space for volunteers to move around in at the church facility and we are grateful for their offer to help and host this program. Masks are required at all times when on church property. Please enter through the back, via the ramp, in the parking lot.
Our Backpacks for Back to School program is being held at and hosted by Main Street United Methodist Church, 154 Main St., Nashua. There is much more space for volunteers to move around in at the church facility and we are grateful for their offer to help and host this program. Masks are required at all times when on church property. Please enter through the back, via the ramp, in the parking lot.
Volunteers Needed:
- Volunteers are needed for packing backpacks on August 17, 18, 19, 22 & 23.
- Volunteers are needed for Distribution Day on Wednesday, August 24.
- Volunteers can select the days and times that fit their schedule.
- Volunteers can select both shifts if they’d like to stay for an entire day.
- Volunteers can also select more than one day to help.
Accepted School Supplies Include:
- New Backpacks for Boys and Girls Grades Kindergarten – 12th
- 2 inch 3-Ring Binders – required in High School
- Loose Leaf Filler Paper
- Tabbed Dividers
- Spiral Notebooks
- #2 Pencils
- Hand-held Pencil Sharpeners
- Separate Erasers
- Pens
- 12 inch Rulers
- Protractor or Multi-piece Drafting Package
- Bottled Glue
- Glue Sticks
- Scotch Tape
- Staplers- Mini or Desk Size
- Student Scissors
- Safety Scissors for Younger Students
- Dry-Erase Markers For All Grades (when called up to the board)
- Crayons – Boxes of 24
- Colored Pencils – Bright or Bold
- Washable Colored Markers
- Pencil Boxes or Pouches for Elementary School Children
- Lunch Boxes and Snack Bags for Elementary School Children
- Calculators For High School Students
- Dictionary (one per family)
- Index Cards
- 8GB (or Larger) Flash Drives for High School Students
