Backpack Pirates
Backpack Pirates is an annual event we organize when over 250 children who live in homeless shelters on Long Island join us to spend a day at a summer camp, packed with as many fun games and activities as possible.
Activities include: Sports, field games, arts and crafts, treasure hunts, a theater show, swimming at the beach, archery, DJ and dancing, and much more. Each child that attends the event gets to choose a brand new backpack filled with school supplies and a new outfit to start the schoolyear with.
Please join as a camp counselor, athlete, artist, ocean certified lifeguard, time keepers, set up and clean up help, and even more importantly- a friend, teammate and part of an amazing memory.
Supply Our Students Drive
If you'd like to donate school supplies, you can host a collection drive or donate via our Amazon Wishlist.
"The need for assistance is growing each year. We are grateful to the Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation for their support and to other members of our community who come together to help our less fortunate neighbors. These school supplies will help thousands of children go back to school with the tools they need to succeed.”
-- Greta Guarton, Executive Director of LICH
“Many of the children have never been to the beach or had new clothes or supplies for school. Thanks to our partners in the community, Backpack Pirates and LICH, these kids will start the school year more prepared and more confident than they have before,”
--Charles Russo, Chair of LICH and co-organizer of the Summer Festival
Watch this video to learn more
GET INVOLVED
Stay tuned for more information.
Ways you can get involved include:
-
Become a sponsor for Supply our School & Backpack Pirates. See past sponsorship forms.
-
Download the Backpack Pirates kit to learn how to jumpstart your drive.
-
To see Drive Host location examples from past years: click here.
-
Need flyer ideas? See past examples.
-
Want to host a drive or learn more about how you can help? Email briekkinen@addressthehomeless.org