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Bus 8TH ANNUAL A back to school campaign helping kids living in poverty AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2023 2023 ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE SUPPORTING
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What we do
We give students in need life-changing access to clothing and basic necessities. Kids are granted unlimited access to shop in our in-school closet program for what they need when they need it.
We also support children who are displaced via our SOS Urgent Response Program.
16 16 closets, New Hampshire 9 48 Where we are! 50 closets, Merrimack Valley 50 9 closets, Western Massachusetts 48 closets, Boston
Get students in Boston, Merrimack Valley, Springfield and NH back to school confidently with the essentials they need.
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WhyFillthe BusMATTERS
Chronic absenteeism occurs at a higher rate among children living in poverty because they lack access to clothing and essentials. Starting the school year with everything they need is critical to their academic success.
You can help students focus less on their struggles and focus more on their passions, feeling comfortable and confident in who they are, and achieving their greatest potential in school and in life.
Goal: Collect 80,000 basic needs items for students to access this upcoming school year. Help students appreciate what makes them unique and find the confidence to "Be Me".
Fill the Bus is our most important clothing drive of the year.
The next are the most 12 weeks
CATIE'S CLOSET time of the year for important
Over the next 12 weeks, we will...
Prepare 125 closets to welcome students back
We will need
Fill 1,000 urgent orders during the last two weeks of August
80,000 items including clothing, school supplies, shoes, underwear and toiletries
Open 5 new closets
That's enough to fill
16 school buses
Help us fill the bus to fill our closets.
Together, we can bring local children back to school with access to critical resources.
Give it.
Run it. Pack it. SCHOOL Fund it.
How to get involved
Join us for our 3rd annual virtual
COST: $30 per participant, includes a digital bib and access to online support platform. Each registration fee purchases a BRAND NEW PAIR OF SNEAKERS for a child in need this school year.
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5K! Stay
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run, walk, bike or move together
a team!
RUN IT!
RUN IT as a team!
SPONSOR YOUR COMPANY'S TEAM
COST: Based on number of participants. Includes a digital bib and access to online support platform.
RECOGNITION: Company Team Feature
Register your company as a team and cover the registration costs for your employees to join the fun and fundraising. Your company can reach the goal of 100% company participation. Each $30 registration fee purchases a BRAND NEW PAIR OF SNEAKERS for a child in need this school year.
BRING THE IN-PERSON 5K EXPERIENCE TO YOUR OFFICE by purchasing our 5K kit!
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RUN IT - Sponsorship Opportunities
Sneaker Sponsor: $1,500 funds the purchase of 50 sneakers
Event Sponsor: $1,000
IMPACT: We will promote you as our premier 5K sponsor, as well as a member of our Circle of Change. Runit.
GIVE IT
COST: FREE
IMPACT: Achieve 100% company participation by encouraging employees to repurpose gently used clothing from their home or purchase new items from our Amazon Wish Lists. Includes a custom company flyer, donation boxes, banner for photo opportunities, and pick up options. Host a clothing drive
Giveit.
GIVE IT - By the Bus Load!
COST: $1,000
Become a "Bus Stop" for the community!
Includes: School bus at your location with a banner featuring your company ' s logo, as well as materials for a successful bus stop event.
Choose a date and timeframe for the bus to come to your office and invite your customers, employees and community to drop off their donations.
IMPACT: Enjoy a fun employee engagement opportunity while achieving 100% company participation. Mark the occasion with an impactful photo for your annual report. Giveit.
UNIFORM
PACK IT
Confidence packs are tailored to fulfill the clothing & toiletry needs of youth living in poverty during the year.
Choose your pack then give in two ways:
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UNDIES HYGIENE
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Purchase the contents and assemble them with your company employees OR Fund the purchase for a number of children and we will assemble them for you!
GYM SCHOOL
Buy a brand new outfit and outfit a child for their first day of school.
AMPLIFY YOUR IMPACT: Use our peer-to-peer fundraising platform to encourage networks to donate funds to purchase these packs, amplifying your company ' s impact.
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FUND IT Fundit.
The spirit of Fill the Bus is to ensure that every student in a school is prepared to learn by stocking an existing Closet for an entire school year.
Support the clothing and toiletry needs of displaced children or children in transition supported by social service agencies and other direct service nonprofit organizations.
Support our uniform inventory for schools requiring a specific dress code, ensuring that each student is prepared for every school day with this essential.
Listed as an event sponsor and Circle of Change partner
Featured in all print and digital materials throughout the year
Name recognition in supported Closet
Option to have bus come to your company
Listed as an event sponsor and Circle of Change partner
Featured in all print and digital materials for Fill the Bus
Custom sticker on all SOS packages delivered Option to have bus come to your company
Listed as an event sponsor and Circle of Change partner
Featured in all print and digital materials for Fill the Bus
Spotlight blog feature Option to have bus come to your company
Adopt A School Sponsor $10,000 SOS Sponsor (SOS Urgent Response Program) $7,500 Uniform Sponsor $5,000
FUND IT
Our confidence packs are specifically designed to meet the most highly requested needs of our students. Your $2,500 sponsorship can impact up to 250 students with one of our confidence pack options.
Your sponsorship will fund the purchase of inventory needed to support our students, such as underwear, socks, toiletries, school supplies, or shoes. (your choice or area of most need)
Your sponsorship will support our Fill the Bus program during the back-to-school season.
Listed as an event sponsor
Featured in all print and digital materials for Fill the Bus
Option to have bus come to your company
Listed as an event sponsor
Featured in all print and digital materials for Fill the Bus
Listed as an event sponsor
Featured in all print and digital materials for Fill the Bus
Pack Sponsor $2,500 Product Sponsor $1,000 Event Sponsor $500 and under
Confidence
Fundit.
Your impact in their words
"It's a really amazing place!"
"Catie's Closet doesn’t only provide the children with what they physically need it helps provide them with confidence to attend school without worrying about being “different” or not accepted because of what they are wearing."
"The self-esteem & smiles that Catie's Closet brings to school aged kids of all ages is phenomenal!"
"Thank you so much for helping me get clean clothes when I didn’t have them."
As our world evolves, our children grow and our organization expands, our needs become greater every year.
That’s why your back-toschool support is critical.
No matter how you choose to support Fill the Bus, you can meet students' most basic and immediate physical needs to help them feel good about themselves and reengage in learning and growing.
Read more about our need and your impact here
THANK YOU! Ready to help students go back to school with everything they need? Learn more about Catie's Closet Mickey Cockrell mickey@catiescloset.org Bethany Welch bethany@catiescloset.org www.catiescloset.org Contact us today
