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Fill a Backpack, Fuel a Future
Operation: Back to School, the Carole Robertson Center for Learning’s annual back-to-school supply drive, empowers our community’s children—one backpack at a time. On average, school supplies can cost anywhere from $700-1200 per school year, depending on the grade level. We’re counting on your support to provide more than 500 school-aged youth with high-quality essentials for the 2024-25 school year.
Whether you plan on donating, purchasing supplies off our registry, or signing up to volunteer, you’re giving our community’s families one less thing to worry about while ensuring local students can show up for the first day of school in style, excited, and ready to learn!
Ways to Get Involved
Amazon Gift Registry
View our supply wish list and purchase directly online!
Donate
We’re committed to setting our community’s children up for success—at school and beyond. No gift is too big or small!
Supply List
Rather purchase on your own? Drop off any of the below supplies to our Administrative Offices located at:1111 S. Western Ave. Suite B., Chicago, IL. Supplies can be dropped off Monday – Thursday from 9am to 5pm.
Backpacks | Pens and Pencils | Pencil top erasers |
Pencil cases/supply boxes | Assignment Books | Spiral Notebooks |
Paper Notecards | Pocket folders | Glue sticks |
Scissors | Rulers | Highlighters |
Markers | Crayons | Colored Pencils |
Hand Sanitizer | KN95 Mask | Boxes of Tissues |
Lysol Wipes | Expo Markers and Erasers | Personal Dry Erase Boards |