Washington, DC -- Congressman Eliot Engel is again working with the Coalition for the Homeless to help New York’s homeless children prepare for the school year by taking part in ‘Project: Back To School,” a drive for backpacks and other school supplies.

Between August 22 and September 16, donations may be dropped off at Rep.  Engel’s Riverdale office at 3655 Johnson Ave. The Coalition for the Homeless is collecting supplies for students K - 12, and a full list of desired donations can be found on the project’s website at coalitionforthehomeless.org/backtoschool.

“’Project: Back to School’ is a great cause that I am proud to be a part of,” Rep.  Engel said. “I ask my constituents to donate backpacks, pencils, or any other school supplies at my office, as they have for the past several years, to help our City’s 43,000 homeless children prepare for the new academic year. No child should be without the tools they need to succeed in school.”

As the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct services organization, the Coalition for the Homeless works to help homeless families by conducting programs including a summer sleep-away camp and after-school program for homeless children and a mobile soup kitchen that serves 1,000 hot meals per night around the city.

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