NEWS

Interview with Gabi Fender

Published May 12, 2022

Kent, Ohio - Last week, The Backpack Fund was able to catch up with Gabi Fender about her first year at Kent State University. Before the school year ...

Summer 2021 Giveaway Winner

Published Nov. 11, 2021

The 2021 Summer Donor Giveaway has been awarded! We created this giveaway as a way to thank all of the wonderful donors who helped us have a successfu...

New Opportunities at The Backpack Fund

Published Nov. 11, 2021

We are looking for additional volunteers to formally join our team at The Backpack Fund. Some of the founding members of the team have had to move on ...

Summer Donor Giveaway

Published Aug. 10, 2021

The Backpack Fund has received gift cards from local restaurants and a Cavs Swag Bag from the Cleveland Cavaliers to raffle off to our donors! Every $...

Expanding to Madison

Published July 25, 2021

After a successful start for The Backpack Fund last year, the local charity is expanding its reach to address their detected need in Madison. The char...

Locations for Supply Drop 2021!

Published July 18, 2021

Painesville, Ohio - On August 14, We are hosting our second annual Supply Drop at sites around Painesville, Ohio. With the help of Riverside School Di...

2020 Recap

Published May 25, 2021

Preparing for 2021: Our website has been updated! Check out our new “Impact” page to see pictures covering the whole process and a summar...

Giveaway Winner Announced

Published Dec. 21, 2020

The winner of the giveaway for an Xbox Series X was announced today! This giveaway was livestreamed on twitch and is now available for viewing on our ...

Xbox Series X Giveaway

Published Dec. 7, 2020

The Backpack Fund has received an Xbox Series X from a generous donor and we are going to raffle it off to one of our supporters! Donors who make cont...

2020 Community Impact

Published Nov. 30, 2020

The following article was written by Nick Kerver. He graduated from Riverside in 2017 and now attends the University of Dayton. In just its first...

2020 End of Year Fundraising!

Published Nov. 30, 2020

Hello everyone, The Backpack Fund is continuing its support of students in need in 2021! As you know, our 2020 campaign was a total success, and YO...

Thank you for supporting The Backpack Fund

Published Sept. 7, 2020

Thank you for supporting The Backpack Fund! Click here to watch our thank you video! As a community we rallied together to support education for...

Thank you to everyone that helped us be so successful!

Published Aug. 17, 2020

A lot of what we’ve done this past three weeks was really difficult to do. It’s not that often that people can truly see a community coming together f...

The Backpack Fund Supply Drop

Published Aug. 17, 2020

Donors have raised over $7,000 to help students in the district get access to school supplies and award one $1,000 scholarshiop to a 2020 Riverside gr...

Chick-fil-A Spirit Day with The Backpack Fund

Published Aug. 17, 2020

The Backpack Fund is having a spirit day at Chick-fil-A on Mentor Ave near Target on August 19! Enjoy a meal at Chick-fil-A and tell the cashier you’r...

The Backpack Fund is on WQGR 93.7 FM Radio

Published Aug. 11, 2020

The Backpack Fund is running twelve radio ads on WQGR 93.7 Radio over the upcoming week. The radio ad was created by The Backpack Fund’s Director of C...

Check out The Backpack Fund on the Rising Stock Podcast

Published Aug. 11, 2020

The Backpack Fund was featured on the Rising Stock podcast on their fifth episode. The Rising Stock podcast is co-hosted by 2018 Riverside graduate Ja...

The Backpack Fund Rallies Community Together for the Second Week in a Row

Published Aug. 11, 2020

We at The Backpack Fund spent a lot of time this week clearing up the questions and concerns many people had and began to focus on a final push to rea...

The Backpack Fund Shatters First Week Expectations!

Published Aug. 3, 2020

In a world with an ever-increasing presence on social media, many people and companies have to rely on luck in order to make it big. There’s no formul...