Agency Resource Participation
Project Backpack connects families with local agencies to help fulfill other needs. We encourage your agency to collaborate with us.
2023 Agency Registration Form
Complete by June 1, if you plan to provide a handout for the backpacks.
While there is no resource fair this year, we welcome agencies to provide a handout that can be inserted in the backpacks being distributed. Please reference the Agency Participant Guidelines below for all details and complete the registration form once reviewed.
Backpacks will be provided directly to school districts
The Project Backpack committee is grateful to collaborate with local districts and the ECC Spartan Pantry again, who will distribute the backpacks and supplies to students needing them.
There’s still a valuable place for social service agencies
COVID-19 has impacted many in great ways. Your agency may have the resources and services that some are in great need of, especially now. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate by placing your flyer in the backpacks that will be distributed this year.
Please confirm participation
Complete the agency registration form by June 1, 2023. Drop off or mail printed copies of your handout no later than Thursday, July 13th (More info about this is below).
Details on being a 2023 Agency Participant with Project Backpack
- Eligibility & Fees:
- Organizations and businesses located within or that serve the Elgin Community College (ECC) district will be considered participating agencies.
- Non-profit agency participation fee: $0
- For-profit agency participation fee: $75 donation.
- Organizations and businesses located within or that serve the Elgin Community College (ECC) district will be considered participating agencies.
- Content of Materials/Flyers:
- Activities or information must be appropriate and relate to an activity, event, or agency that offers widely appealing recreational/educational/informational program options for students and families.
- The text of the material must include a name, telephone number, e-mail address, or website where inquiries may be directed should families have questions.
- Material May Not Contain:
- Any direct solicitation of money except for dues for membership or fees for an activity announced in the material.
- Material which is commercial in nature.
- Material which is in direct conflict with any law or ECC Policy.
- Material which is political in nature or in conflict with tax-supported efforts in effect.
- Flyer Size & Quantity:
- Organizations are limited to one produced flyer, no larger than 8.5 x 11.
- We suggest making the flyer double-sided with information in English on one side and Spanish on the other.
- 2,000 printed copies should be mailed or dropped off at the below address and received by 4 pm on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Drop-off hours: 7:30 am - 5 pm, Monday through Thursday.
Elgin Community College
ATTN: Student Life/Megan Highland
1700 Spartan Drive, Room B173.04, Elgin, IL 60123 - Any excess flyers or flyers not meeting the above guidelines may be discarded.
For questions, contact Maggie Schroeder, McKinney-Vento Liaison, Project Access Coordinator, School District U-46, at maggieschroeder@u46.org or 224-281-8122. Thank you!
Project Backpack Agency Registration Form
You can make a difference in your community by helping with Project Backpack.