Backpacks of Love

Serving homeless and at-risk children, one backpack at a time
Please send your check to:
North Georgia Community Foundation
FBO Backpacks of Love
340 Jesse Jewell Parkway, SE
Suite 605
Gainesville, Georgia 30501 We deliver backpacks of food and other needed items to 18 different schools, as well as Jesse's House, an emergency shelter for adolescent women in Forsyth County. Since its inception in 2011, Backpacks of Love has delivered over 225,000 pounds of food and other essentials in approximately 11,250 backpacks. Backpacks of Love operates almost entirely through the stewardship of its sponsors and volunteer labor. Over 250 individual sponsors serve by filling backpacks of food or by making other donations. Six different churches, St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Johns Creek Baptist Church, Alpharetta First United Methodist Church, and Roswell Assembly of God have an organized effort within their churches to assemble sponsors and donations. Additionally, businesses and civic groups such as Star Asset Security, Best Deal Movers, Travelers Insurance, Alpharetta AutoDeals, North Georgia Promotions, Bank of North Georgia, A Stronger Workplace, the Bond and Specialty Insurance division of Travelers Corp. (Alpharetta), the Johns Creek Rotary Club, and the Milton/Windward Rotary Club have donated funds and/or organized collections of food, backpacks, and other crucial items. Backpacks of Love was named by Mimosa Elementary School as its Partner of the Year in 2012, and has also received a grant for backpack purchases from the Piney Grove Middle School PTSA. Manning Oaks Elementary selected Backpacks of Love as its Partner of the Year in 2013, and as did Elkins Pointe Middle School in 2014. BofL was selected as Taylor Road Middle School’s Partner of the Year for 2016. BofL Founder John Ray was selected as Small Business Partner in Education of the Year in 2015 by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce. If you or your organization would like to make a monetary donation to assist in purchasing food please send your check to:

North Georgia Community Foundation
FBO Backpacks of Love
340 Jesse Jewell Parkway, SE
Suite 605
Gainesville, Georgia 30501

Or, you can make your donation online by following this link
https://ngcf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1625


Backpacks of Love asks for nothing from those it serves. We do not know their names or identities. We only seek to serve Christ by serving those in severe need.