Back to School Back Pack Program About Us

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About Us

Back to School Back Pack Program is a non-profit charitable organization created in 2007 by Steve Kendrick.

Steve noticed how proud and possessive a child is with their back pack and realized this was a

powerful way to encourage our homeless and orphan students!

Charity Organizors (L-R) Paul Corbett, Julie Wilson & Steve Kendrick, founder & general manager.

The Back to School Back Pack Program is a non-profit public charity incorporated in the state of Georgia. Our charitable organization was created in 2007 by Steve Kendrick. When Steve Kendrick, general manager of Infiniti of Gwinnett, found out that Gwinnett County would have more than 1,400 homeless children attending school, he asked his employees if they could all get behind at effort to provide these children with something that would give them hope, trust and self esteem for the future. From this, the Infiniti of Gwinnett Back to School Back Pack Program was launched.

With the help of employees from Infiniti of Gwinnett and Subaru of Gwinnett, other local dealerships, and citizens within and outside of Gwinnett County, the program was able to supply more than 1,400 Back Packs and School Supplies to Gwinnett County homeless children in 2007. This program is in its fourth year and provides back packs filled with basic school supplies to many of the homeless school children in Gwinnett County including preschoolers, pre-teens and teenagers. We are committed to those who are really in need and would welcome a positive action in their lives.

Some of the organizations that benefited from our first year of donating 1,400 Back Packs are Gwinnett Children's Shelter, DFCS, IMPACT, Norcross Coop, PADV, the Gwinnett County School Social Services and the This year the program will include a charity golf classic at Hamilton Mill on June 21^st, an evening with the Gwinnett Braves at Coolray field on July 9^th and we are partnering with Arena Tavern for Christmas in July with a benefit night on Monday July 11^th. We are featuring a “WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK” sling bag promotion!* We need your support to help the homeless and needy children of Gwinnett County with their back to school back pack needs.

Log on to BTSBP.org to show your support

* with a donation of $10 or more, you will receive a “WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK” sling bag while supplies last at Infiniti of Gwinnett and Subaru of Gwinnett.

This program is in its fifth year and provides back packs and basic school supplies to homeless and orphan children in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Back to School Back Pack Program has been able to supply more than 4,000 Back Packs and School Supplies to Gwinnett County homeless children since 2007!

You can make a real difference in the lives of Gwinnett County's homeless children today!

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