Community Karma

09/03/2026

As kids started going back to school this week, our volunteers continued to hand out backpacks and school supplies to the community 📚🎒📝

From the excess we had for the giveaway, nearly 300 backpacks were given to:
💜 Mercy Center
💗 Interfaith Pantry
🩷 Child Protective Services
❤️ Manna Food Pantry
🧡 Community Affairs & Resources
💛 Jersey Shore Immigration Coaltion
💚 Atonement Church
💙 College Achieve Charter School
🩵 Sisters Academy
💖 Asbury Park School District
🤍 Iglesia Ebenezer

We love our community 💜

08/27/2026

A HUGE thank you to all of our amazing partners who helped make the 2026 Asbury Park Backpack Giveaway a successful and joyous day! ✨

On Saturday August 22nd, we gave out around 1,300 backpacks to families in the Greater Asbury Park area. Children and families enjoyed music, balloon art, face painting, hamburgers and hot dogs, free books from the Asbury Book Cooperative and the Asbury Park library, and more! 🎒📚♥️

Although the rain passed us on Saturday, we are so grateful to Mercy Center for providing us indoor space to host all the vendors, families, and volunteers. 🥰

Thank you to our incredible partners for helping make a difference in the community 🫶🏽

Mercy Center
Ja'Sir Taylor
AP Music Foundation
AP Little League
AP Police Athletic League
City of Asbury Park
AP Chamber of Commerce
AP Library
Asbury Park Book Cooperative
Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County
KYDS
College Achieve Public Charter School
Church of Philadelphia- Asbury Park
CPC Integrated Health
AP Kiwanis
AP Rotary Club
Jersey Shore Immigration Support Coalition
The Stone pony
Purple glaze
Deal Lake Bar + Co.
LuAnn Russell
Georgies
Philly Pretzel Factory
Asbury Park Roastery
Pepsi

08/21/2026

Thanks to our partner, Mercy Center, we have plenty of room inside for all of you if it rains! 🌥️

And we have over 1,600 backpacks ready to giveaway!! 🎒

We can't wait to see all of you TOMORROW 💜

08/13/2026

🎒 Almost 1,500 backpacks packed, and we couldn’t have done it without our incredible community! 🧡

A huge thank you to all of the volunteers who have given their time and energy to help us prepare for this year’s Backpack Drive, including volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Asbury Park, Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission, Atonement Church, and so many others who have joined us along the way.

We’re also incredibly grateful for the generous backpack and school supply donations from the City of Asbury Park, Mercy Center, and Trinity Church of Asbury Park. Every donation has helped us get one step closer to making sure local students are ready for the new school year. 🎒✏️📚

And a very special thank you to Mercy Center for welcoming us into their space and giving us a home for our packing efforts. With the help of our volunteers and community partners, we’ve now packed nearly 1,500 backpacks!

But we’re not finished yet! 🙌

We still need volunteers to help us next week as we finish preparing, as well as for our main Backpack Drive distribution on August 22. Whether you’ve already volunteered or want to join us for the first time, we’d love to have you!

🔗 Sign up to volunteer here or visit the link in our bio: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E44ABAC2FAAF49-64218335-2026 #/

08/07/2026

08/01/2026

🎒 500 backpacks packed... and we're just getting started! 💙

Today, Community Karma kicked off backpack packing for our 2026 Asbury Park Backpack Drive with the help of an incredible Lutheran youth group!

Thanks to their hard work and dedication, the first 500 backpacks are ready to help local students start the school year prepared for success. We are so grateful for your support!

We're still looking for volunteers to help pack thousands more backpacks over the coming days. Whether you can join us for an hour or an entire shift, we'd love to have you!

📅 Sign up here or with the link in our bio:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E44ABAC2FAAF49-64218335-2026 #/

08/01/2026

💦 The lineup is here! 💦

Our 2026 Georgies Dunk Tank is packed with some incredible community members ready to take the plunge—all to help support the Community Karma Asbury Park Backpack Drive! 🎒

From local business owners and nonprofit leaders to volunteers, coaches, and community champions, each hour brings a new group of brave dunk tank participants. Come cheer them on, take your best shot, and help us raise money for school supplies for local students!

📅 Saturday, August 8
🕒 3:00–8:00 PM
📍 Georgies
💙 $5 suggested donation or a donation of new school supplies

Check out the schedule, find your favorite dunkee, and come help support local students as they head back to school! Who are you most excited to dunk? 😄💦

07/23/2026

📦 They’re here!

The first 500 backpack and school supply kits have officially arrived, marking the beginning of this year's Community Karma Backpack Drive.

But we're not done yet.

Our goal is to provide 1,500 local students with the supplies they need to start the school year with confidence, and we need your help to get there.

❤️ Make a donation
🙌 Volunteer with us

Every dollar, every backpack, and every volunteer helps ensure a child starts the school year ready to learn.
Visit the link in our bio to donate or sign up to volunteer.