Support Educational Equity for Bay Area Children

Students aren’t the only ones who start the school year without the necessary supplies to thrive in the classroom. With the ever growing class size and shrinking budget cuts to education, teachers often have to pay out of pocket to provide the proper supplies for their students.

This is where Family Giving Tree steps in. Thanks to your generosity, along with providing backpacks filled with school supplies to students in-need, Family Giving Tree also provides the teachers at our partner schools with Teacher Boxes.

These boxes are filled with extra supplies needed to help teachers do their job to prepare their students for the future. Because of you, their job is made all the easier. Thank you!

The final numbers are in for the 2016 Back to School Drive! Thanks to your generosity, over 39,200 local, low-income students went back to school prepared to learn and thrive. For students living in poverty, a backpack filled with school supplies provides opportunities for a bright future.

For students like those at Washington Elementary, a school in Downtown San Jose where 100% of the enrolled population are living in poverty, these backpacks will help spark lifelong passions and ignite an interest in learning.

Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. You have made a positive impact in the community.