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• Operation Backpack® 2023 Thank You

  Thank you to all of our 2023 Operation Backpack® donors and volunteers! Because of your incredible generosity, 19,000 children experiencing homelessness have returned to the classroom this year with new backpacks and the school supplies they need to not only thrive academically, but get one step closer to breaking the cycle of family poverty.

• Operation Backpack® 2023 PSA (feat. Paige Davis)

  Television host, actress, and Volunteers of America-Greater New York board member Paige Davis discusses the importance of Operation Backpack® in this new PSA.

• Cerberus Capital Management | Gala 2023 Honoree Video

  Our 2023 gala honoree video recognizing Cerberus for steadfastly supporting VOA-GNY’s Operation Backpack® campaign.

• Our Vision, Your Impact

  Volunteers of America-Greater New York is working to end homelessness in the Greater New York area by 2050. Three of our clients tell their stories.

• 20th Year of Operation Backpack®

  Thanks to your support, VOA-Greater New York provided school supplies to all 15,000 children living in New York City shelters through our 2022 Operation Backpack® campaign.

• Operation Backpack® 2022 PSA Featuring Julianne Moore

  Award-winning actress and producer, Julianne Moore, features in this new PSA for our annual community service campaign, Operation Backpack®.

• Operation Backpack® 2022 PSA Featuring Kevin Bacon

  Watch the PSA with Kevin Bacon for our community service campaign, Operation Backpack®.

• New York Sector Director, Lijin Thomas speaks at the #JustPayRally

  VOA-Greater New York Sector Director, Lijin Thomas speaks at the #JustPayRally.

• VOA-GNY Honors Reginald Goins & Octavia Rushin

  At our NY@Heart gala in 2021, Reginald Goins was awarded the Spirit of New York Award for his unrivaled generosity and dedication to VOA-GNY’s mission. Octavia, a former client of the Regent Family Residence, was given our Achievement Award.

• We Did It! | Operation Backpack® 2021

  Thanks to your support, all 15,000 children living in NYC homeless shelters received grade-specific school supplies in time for their first day of school.