While kids are planning their summer fun, Phoenix Rescue Mission is preparing to send them back to school. Collections for our Back to School events in July have already begun for over 1,200 students from the Murphy, Fowler, Isaac, and Creighton School Districts. You can help provide them with everything they need to start the school year on a level playing field.

Helping with Back to School is as Easy as A, B, C…

A. Sponsor a Child:
$80.00 will outfit a child with a filled backpack, uniform and shoes. The Mission does the shopping for you! Make your donation online or send a check or money order payable to Phoenix Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 6708, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6708. Be sure to write “Back-To-School” on the memo line. We will use your donation to shop for unsponsored children.

B. Stuff a Backpack:
Fill a backpack with crayons, pencils, pens, erasers, markers, highlighters, pencil boxes/pouches, glue, folders, pencil sharpeners, rulers, blunt and sharp scissors, 1” 3-ring binders, colored pencils, wide ruled filler paper, wide ruled spiral notebooks, and composition books. Then drop off your filled backpack at the Family Outreach Center at 3532 W Thomas at 35th Avenue. Download your checklist or flyer to get started.

C. Donate School Supplies, purchase a Payless Shoes Gift Card or Organize a Drive:
Needed items include backpacks, crayons, pencils,  pens, erasers, markers, highlighters, pencil boxes/pouches, glue, folders, pencil sharpeners, rulers, blunt and sharp scissors, 1” 3-ring binders, colored pencils, wide ruled filler paper, wide ruled spiral notebooks, and composition books. We are also collecting new uniforms (white polo shirts and navy bottoms) as well as Payless Shoe Store gift cards.

Looking for an easier way to shop?
You can also buy school supplies by case, which will be sent directly to the Mission by shopping at www.dollardays.com/phoenixrescuemission/wishlist.html

Download Back to School Flyer
Download Fill A Backpack Flyer
Download Backpack Checklist