"Backing the Need"

"Backing the Need" is an annual backpack & school supply drive that is hosted by KIDS CARE nonprofit and the Cobb County Police Department.  We ask the community for help as we collect new backpacks and school supplies for students of all ages.  All collected donations are donated to local nonprofits who serve youth & families in need of assistance. 

Over the past five years, with the help of local businesses, volunteers, and the public, we have collected and donated a total of 3,084 new backpacks full of supplies to local students in need.  See our recipients page for more info.

WE NEED OUR COMMUNITIES HEART, COMPASSION & TIME - AGAIN!  

SAVE THE DATE: July 18th, 2026

Thanks to the support of the Cobb County Police Department, Cobb County Civic Center, Cobb County Parks & Rec, Cobb County Residents & Cobb Businesses, we look forward to making a big impact locally - together, again! 

*An important part of this program is engaging youth in community service.  Your donations allow our youth to work together to serve in way that benefits hundreds of local students in need. Special thanks to all of the volunteers who have worked compassionately every year!

CHECK OUT OUR PAST EVENTS PAGE HERE!

Community Support Needed! We are better together and we thank you for your interest.  Please go to the dedicated page of how you would like to help give & support our 2026 community "Backing the Need" School Supply Drive Program.  Thank You!

JULY 18th, 2026 ~ 9 am - 2 pm at the COBB COUNTY CIVIC CENTER.   Civic Center Goggle Map

Please bring new backpacks & school supplies to our event day on Saturday, July 18, 2026.  

While there enjoy the following:

• Meet “Rose”- Cobb County DA's comfort dog

• Look inside a CCPD patrol car & meet a Police Officer

• Drop off recycling to Keep Cobb Beautiful (flatten down cardboard, plastics, aluminum cans, food grade glass bottle/jars and hard to recycle plastics in the orange Hefty bag)

• Enjoy DJ Meltron who will be entertaining our donors and volunteers with his good vibes and big smiles!  Stop on in with your donations and feel the good vibes!

2026 BUSINESS PARTNER'S WANTED: SIGN UP HERE! 

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Thank you to our CURRENT 2026 Business Partners: 

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2026 Business Partners! (Addresses listed on our "Where to Donate" Page -or- Click HERE for an interactive Google map.)

• Cobb County Police Department (Event Partner & Donation Box Host)

• The Champion Firm (Donation Box Host, Videography Donor)

• Barnsley Construction Group ($1000 donor and Donation Box Host)

• The Artful Rabbit (Donation Box Host & Lead Volunteer)

• LGE Community Credit Union (8 locations - Donation Box Host)

• Credit Union of GA (4 locations - Donation Box Host)

• School of Rock West Cobb (Donation Box Host)

• School of Rock Woodstock (Donation Box Host)

• Sterling Estates of West Cobb (Donation Box Host)

• STV Inc. (Donation Box Host)

• Edward Jones Finacial (Donation Box Host) 

• LiDL #1170 (Donation Box Host - Mableton)

• Melt Yard (Donation Box Host)

• Club Pilates West Cobb (Donation Box Host)

• Kol Koi (Donation Box Host)

• Sheraton Suites Galleria - Atlanta (Donation Box Host)

• The Agency Atlanta | Clareo Group (Donation Box Host)

• West Cobb Regional Library (Donation Box Host)

• Building Strong Horizons (Private Donation Host)

• ESI Inc. of Tennessee (Private Donation Host)

• Temple Kol Emeth (Private Donation Host)

• Montessori at Brookstsone (Private Donation Host)

• The Cobb County Civic Center (Donation & Volunteer Event Host) 

• Walmart (Woodstock - $2000.00 Grant)

• Keep Cobb Beautiful (Event Recycling)

• Gossett Photography (Event Photography)

• DJ Melton (Event Entertainment)

• Cobb Collaborative (Donor of 350 Mental Health Kits for Backpacks)

Monetary donations can be made Here which will be used to bulk purchase school supplies.  We also have a Walmart Registry & an Amazon Wish List.  We are better together, and we thank you for your support.  

For more info, please go to the dedicated page of how you would like to help give & support our 2025 community "Backing the Need" School Supply Drive Program.  Thank You!

KIDS CARE is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit based in Marietta, GA.  Our mission is to create youth community service experiences, encourage kindness, and promote environmental stewardship.  We encourage youth & families to compassionately give their time and join us in one of our monthly community service experiences.  We aspire to inspire Kindness & Compassion, through generosity of time and the awareness of the needs of others in our community. Youth voices guide who and how we serve.

KIDS CARE is an acrostic poem that was created by an 8-year-old girl & her mother, it stands for:

(KIDS) Kindness In Doing Service  

(CARE) Connecting And Respecting Everyone 

To learn more about how, why, what we have accomplished and everything we are up to, please visit our website at: https://kids-care2018.org/  

KIDS CARE EIN: 83-3731816

KIDS CARE SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

https://www.facebook.com/kidscare2018/

https://www.instagram.com/kc2018org/

https://www.tiktok.com/@kidscare2018

https://twitter.com/KIDSCARE2018

https://www.linkedin.com/company/kids-care-2018/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1AW-ShpOjhzsLSzU0OLjg

https://bsky.app/profile/kidscare.bsky.social

KIDS CARE SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

https://www.facebook.com/kidscare2018/

https://www.instagram.com/kc2018org/

https://www.tiktok.com/@kidscare2018

https://twitter.com/KIDSCARE2018

https://www.linkedin.com/company/kids-care-2018/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1AW-ShpOjhzsLSzU0OLjg

https://bsky.app/profile/kidscare.bsky.social