Backpack Program
All of the backpacks and supplies made available through this program have been donated. If you would like to contribute, please click on the button below:
Registration is closed for 2025.
If you require a backpack and your child is from the DDSB, please request a backpack from the school’s Principal and tell them to refer to the Ignite Durham Learning Foundation.
2025 OPERATION BACKPACK
Each year, our Backpack Program ensures children from junior kindergarten through Grade 12, arrive at school confident about the coming school year with newly supplied backpacks filled with supplies!
This year Simcoe Hall is teaming up with other Durham non-profits to ensure every child in Durham has a backpack full of school supplies come September.
To make the most of our collective resources, Durham Children’s Aid Foundation, Durham Community Health Centre, Ignite Durham Learning Foundation, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, St. Andrews Community Food Bank and United Way of Durham are coming together for Operation Backpack.
Our goal is to provide each child with a quality backpack filled with grade level appropriate items… binders, refill paper, scribblers, report covers, pencil crayons, pens, pencils, rulers, and the list goes on.
The success of this annual campaign relies on the collection of school supplies through a network of donation bins, supply drives and community events, including the Stuff the Bus Event, which was held this year at the Oshawa Centre Staples on August 6th.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the 2025 campaign!
