Orphan Outreach Mission Backpack

Backpacks make a difference
in Haiti

Last year’s Mission Backpack collection provided more than 5,000 backpacks filled with hygiene kits, new bibles and stuffed bears to hurting children in Haiti and Florida. In Florida, Mission Backpack is a partnership between Orphan Outreach, Moody Radio Florida, Moody Radio South Florida and WAY radio. In 2011 the campaign will benefit children in Haiti, Florida (Florida Baptist Children’s Homes) and the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

The 2011 collection will be
July 25-August 14th.

To Donate now visit the Mission Backpack pages for:
Moody Radio South Florida
Moody Radio Florida
WAY Radio 550am

2010 Collections a Success, more needed

The Mission Backpack campaigns in Florida, Chicago and East Texas brought in thousands of backpacks for children in need. In Florida, Orphan Outreach partnered with Florida Baptist Children’s Homes, Moody radio stations and WAY radio to collect over 5,000 backpacks and hygiene kits for vulnerable children in Haiti and Florida. In Chicago, Orphan Outreach worked with Moody Radio Chicago and five local ministries to send over 700 inner city Chicago students to school with a new backpack and school supplies. In East Texas, Encouragement radio collected nearly 500 backpacks for local children and orphans in Guatemala. We are so thankful for the Lord providing for these children through generous radio listeners.

We still need your help!
Even with the success of these campaigns, we have had many backpack request that we can not fulfill. Thousands of orphan and vulnerable children around the world do not go to school because they cannot afford basic school supplies. Please consider providing hope of an education to children around the world by collecting backpacks and/or school supplies now.

School Supplies Change the Lives and Futures of Children in Guatemala

The little girl's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands with excitement when she saw what the woman brought into the classroom. She could hardly stay in her seat as she waited for the announcement to be made. Mrs. Patty Arzu, wife of the mayor of Guatemala City, shared with the children in the classroom that they were receiving a very special gift. That gift had come from hundreds of people in the United States who wanted them to each have their own school supplies.

"For most of these children, it is the first and only school supplies they have ever owned," says Amy Nortorn, director of programs for Orphan Outreach. "These are children who live each night on the street. They come to Mrs. Arzu's schools from all over the city, where they are fed and can enjoy a homelike environment while receiving an education."

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Scouts Honor

“In the Boy Scouts, “Scout Law” includes being helpful. Brady Jackson, an 11-year-old Scout, proved that it only takes one person to help change the life of another.

Last year Brady noticed his classmates at Oak Creek Elementary School, located near Columbus, Ohio, throwing away their barely used school supplies. He lamented them going to waste and soon asked his fellow students to donate their supplies instead of tossing them in the trash.

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Donate A Backpack

For only $20 you can donate
a backpack and school
supplies to a child in need.

Click here to
donate online.

Collect Backpacks

Orphan Outreach needs volunteers throughout the United States to collect backpacks for children in need around the world.

Sign-up to become a Backpack Collection Site

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