2010 Stuff the Bus United Way thanks everyone who helped us to deliver 4,200 backpacks to homeless children living in shelters in Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties. See the results

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Fast Facts about 2010 Stuff the Bus

# of shelters and agencies receiving backpacks	60
Fundraising efforts (not including in-kind)	$39,286.16
# of children served (8% increase from 2009)	4,200
# of volunteer hours	974
# of unique volunteers	216
Committee planning time	7 months
# of in-house Stuff the Bus collections	50

Learn more.
Read the 2010 Stuff the Bus Report

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United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Gratefully Thanks
Our 2010 Stuff the Bus Sponsors

2010 Presenting Sponsor

2010 Sponsors

CRW Graphics • Laborers International Union Local 332
School District of Philadelphia • UPS – Chesapeake District
CWA District Council 13 • LIUNA, District Council • Mercy Health System
United States FORESTERS

Media Partners

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Help Homeless Kids Get Ready for School
and Ahead in Life

Real Challenges – Growing Number of Homeless Kids

The number of children that are homeless or living in shelters continues to rise. About 10,000 youth go to sleep every night at a shelter in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. As housing costs continue to outpace wages, more families are at risk of becoming homeless. The hardest hit are often the children.

• 42 percent of children in homeless families are under age six.
• Although 29 percent of adults in homeless families are working, many families today do not earn enough to meet their basic needs.*
• The impact of stress is profound – 74 percent of homeless children worry about not having a place to live and 87 percent worry that something bad will happen to their family.*

A United Approach – Stuff the Bus Helps Kids Be Prepared for School

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania is committed to helping children enter school ready to learn. What better way to prepare children living in shelters for their first day of school than to provide them backpacks filled with supplies!

• Stuff the Bus also helps reduce the financial burden for homeless families, supporting United Way’s commitment to strengthening the region’s safety net and helping people in crisis.

Real Change – United Way To Stuff and Deliver 5,000 Backpacks

Through donations and the help of volunteers in our community, Stuff the Bus raises money and collects items such as three-ring binders, loose leaf-paper, spiral notebooks, pencils, pens, and erasers. Prior to the first day of school, we stuff the backpacks and deliver them to more than 56 homeless shelters in the area served by United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

• An average backpack with supplies costs approximately $25. We prepare two different backpacks – for grades K-8 and grades 9-12 – which appropriately vary in style, size and content.
• In our fourth year, Stuff the Bus continues to grow. In 2009, we delivered 3,500 stuffed backpacks, which was up 130 percent from the 1,300 backpacks in 2008.

With your help, we are confident we will reach our goal of 5,000 backpacks for 2010. We invite you to be part of the change and LIVE UNITED.

*From National Center on Family Homelessness Report, April 2008

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Buy A Backpack Filled With School Supplies For A Kid In Need

Give to Stuff the Bus and help the thousands of kids living in homeless shelters in our region start school off with a smile.

• Your $25 donation will buy a backpack filled with school supplies for a child in need.

Join the Movement. Together, united, we can inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow. That's what it means to LIVE UNITED.

Give Now!

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Give $5.* Text "PhillySB" to 864833 (UNITED).

*A one-time donation of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. Donations are collected for the benefit of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania by the mGive Foundation and subject to the terms found at www.mGive.com/A.

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Stuff the Bus Corporate Sponsorship Kit

Stuff the Bus ISheet
Stuff the Bus Sponsorship Sheet
Stuff the Bus Collection 2010
Stuff the Bus Poster for Company Collections

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Contact Us

If you have any questions about Stuff the Bus, please contact stuffthebus@uwsepa.org

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