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Your donation of backpacks and school materials can lighten the financial burden for NYC families and children from preschool through high school and help a child rise, achieve, and succeed!

We have 3 ways for you to help:

1. Purchase Backpacks & Supplies from Amazon

Visit our Amazon Wish-List and purchase items directly. 

Please select the Rising Ground (Sharon Pyle) address to have the items shipped directly to us in Brooklyn.

Donations preferred by Friday, August 15.

2. Organize a donation drive at your company/place of worship/community group or organization.

Contact Sharon Pyle at [email protected] or 212-437-3551 for more information or to arrange pick-up of your collected items.

3. Make a donation.

Make a donation online here.

Checks can be mailed to: Rising Ground Development Office, 1333 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10018-1064

Your donation will help children and young people, from Pre-K through to High School, start the new year equipped and ready to thrive! Thank you!