Back to School Shop, a community event organized to provide a wide range of new school clothes and supplies to children of low-income families, will celebrate its 10th anniversary at its annual event on Sunday, July 28, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford.

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Back to School Shop held its annual shopping event Sunday at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. The nonprofit organization invited more than 500 students of low-income families who will be attending an elementary public school in the city.

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Back to School Shop, a community event organized to provide a wide range of new school clothes and supplies to children of low-income families, will celebrate its 10th anniversary at its annual event on Sunday, July 28, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford.

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Back to School Shop, Inc., a local all-volunteer non-profit organization held its ninth annual event on Sunday, July 30, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. Nearly 370 children from Stamford Elementary Schools, identified and pre-registered by their school social workers, were able to “shop” free of charge for brand new back-to-school clothing and school supplies in a pop-up shop created just for them.

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Remember the excitement of shopping for back to school supplies? Well, imagine the reactions of over 400 children from low-income families who get to select their own brand new school items in a one day pop-up shop where everything is free!

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News12 Connecticut covers the 9th annual Back to School Shop event at at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford, Connecticut. Volunteers provide free clothing, backpacks, and school supplies to nearly 400 elementary school children.

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It’s about that time to go back to school shopping. For hundreds of kids in Stamford, it's an annual experience they wouldn’t get to enjoy without the help of nonprofit organization, Back to School Shop.

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Back to School Shop, an all-volunteer community organization, welcomed 350 of Stamford’s disadvantaged elementary students into their eighth annual event on Sunday, August 7. The children, who were identified and registered for the event by Stamford elementary school social workers, were able to “shop” free of charge for brand new school clothes and supplies in the pop-up store which the organization created for them at Davenport Ridge Elementary School.

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Nearly 400 Stamford elementary school children are expected to shop by appointment for brand new school clothes and supplies on Aug. 7. The organization is celebrating its eighth annual event with a return to their in-person pop-up shop, after two years of COVID-19 necessitated drive-through events. The event will be held on Aug. 7 at Davenport Ridge Elementary School.

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Back to School Shop, Inc., an all-volunteer community organization, held its seventh annual event on Sunday, July 25 at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. Nearly 450 children in need from the Stamford public elementary schools were preregistered by their school social workers to participate in the event. Families drove through the parking lot at appointed times to take delivery of backpacks filled with school supplies, toiletries, hand knit hats, gloves, underwear, socks, a sweatshirt, and a book. In addition, the parents received a $100 gift card for each child to enable them to purchase needed clothing for school.

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Volunteers put together student backpacks during the annual Back to School Shop drive-through distribution at Davenport Ridge Elementary School on Sunday.

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The nonprofit Back to School Shop hosted its annual event where kids in Stamford were able to get supplies to start the school year off on the right foot. More than 400 children received a backpack full of supplies Sunday. They also received clothing, handmade scarves and even a book.

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Back to School Shop, the all-volunteer community organization devoted to providing economically disadvantaged elementary school students with clothing & supplies is back! Rising elementary students and their parents, selected for participation by social workers in the Stamford elementary schools, are marking Sunday, July 25th, 2021, on their calendars for the Davenport Ridge Elementary School event. The event will be a drive-through format again this year, out of concern for the safety of the young participants who are below the vaccination age.

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When Back to School Shop holds its 7th annual event on July 25th, 450 children and their families will drive through the parking lot of Davenport Ridge Elementary School to collect items they'll need to go back to school next year. The children, who are chosen and pre-registered by elementary school social workers, will receive a backpack, school supplies, books, toiletries, socks, underwear, a sweatshirt and a generous gift card to help them complete their back-to-school shopping. And this year, thanks to an army of volunteer knitters and crocheters, each child will be able to select a hand-made winter hat.

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STAMFORD, CT — The non-profit organization Back to School Shop held their annual event in Stamford today. Families lined up their cars at Davenport Ridge Elementary to pick up a backpack filled with school supplies. The event is usually a pop-up shop but, due to the Pandemic, it was a drive-through. Organizers say that more than 50% of elementary school kids in the city are economically disadvantaged and they want to make sure all kids have what they need to be successful at school.

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STAMFORD — Back to School Shop, Inc., an all-volunteer community organization, held its sixth annual event on Sunday, August 30, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. Parents of nearly 350 children from the Stamford public elementary schools, who had been registered in advance by their school social workers, drove through the parking lot at appointed times to take delivery of backpacks full of school supplies, toiletries, hat, gloves, and a book. Parents were also given a $100 Target gift card for each child, to help them finish their back to school shopping. Families whose children were registered but not able to make it to the school on Sunday will have their items delivered to their elementary school for them.

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STAMFORD — Back to School Shop, a community event organized to provide new school clothes and supplies to economically disadvantaged elementary school children in Stamford, will host its 6th annual event on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Davenport Ridge Elementary School. This year's event will be dramatically different than past events, due to safety concerns related to Covid-19.

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STAMFORD — Back to School Shop, Inc., an all-volunteer community organization, held its fifth annual event Sunday at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford.

More than 360 children from the Stamford public elementary schools got new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, with the help of volunteer “personal shoppers.” Nearly 250 volunteers from the community helped out at the event.

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STAMFORD — Back to School Shop, Inc., an all-volunteer community organization, held its fifth annual event Sunday at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford.

More than 360 children from the Stamford public elementary schools got new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, with the help of volunteer “personal shoppers.” Nearly 250 volunteers from the community helped out at the event.

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STAMFORD - A nonprofit organization hosted its fifth annual back-to-school shopping spree Sunday where economically disadvantaged students can shop for free. The event takes place once a year before school starts, but the organization Back to School Shop works year-round to make purchases and gather volunteers. All monetary donations go straight to buying the kids brand new clothes and school supplies.

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Back To School Shop, a community event organized to provide new school clothes and supplies to economically disadvantaged elementary school children, will celebrate its 5th anniversary at its annual event on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. To mark the occasion there will be some special treats in store for children and volunteers alike, and 5-year donors and volunteers will be recognized. "We are so proud of what we have been able to accomplish these past 5 years, as an all-volunteer, non-profit organization," said Co-Founder Meryl Japha. "At our first event we served 125 children. This year we are expecting to serve 350!"

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The children of the JCC Sara Walker Nursery School in Stamford, ranging in age from two to four years old, have chosen to donate the money they collected throughout the school year to the local non-profit, Back to School Shop, Inc. Each week the nursery children bring a donation ("tzedakah") to school, and with the help of their teachers they decide where they would like their accumulated donations to go. Since the inception of Back to School Shop, the children have often chosen the organization as a beneficiary of their charitable giving.

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Back to School Shop, Inc., an all-volunteer community organization, held its fourth annual event on Sunday, July 29th, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. Nearly three hundred children from the Stamford public elementary schools were able to "shop" free of charge for brand new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, with the help of volunteer "personal shoppers." Over 250 volunteers from the community helped to make the event a resounding success.

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As the new school year approaches, an event Sunday supplied gear to kids whose families might not be able to afford everything they need.

The fourth annual "Back To School Shop" took place at the Davenport Ridge Elementary School gym, as students from low-income families got to pick out brand new supplies.

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Most children will say the best part of going back to school is the shopping: Picking out a new backpack, light-up sneakers, and even new underwear.

For about 275 young Stamford students, this year’s new school clothes and supplies were made possible by the Back to School Shop.

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On Friday mornings when Sara Walker Nursery School is in session, the light jangling of coins is heard coming from colorful plastic pouches that are clipped to toddlers’ backpacks. The coins are not their milk money, but rather, their “tzedakah.”

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The children of the JCC Sara Walker Nursery School in Stamford, ranging in age from two to four years old, have chosen to donate the money they collected throughout the school year to help economically disadvantaged children in Stamford get new clothing and school supplies.

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Nearly two hundred and fifty children from the Stamford Public elementary schools were able to “shop” free of charge for brand new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, with the help of volunteer “personal shoppers.” Over 175 volunteers from the community helped to make the event a resounding success.

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The annual Back to School Shop, which benefits children who are entering kindergarten through fifth grade, was held Sunday at Davenport Ridge Elementary School.

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Stamford, CT - Remember how much fun it was to shop for your back to school supplies? Well, imagine the excitement of 250 economically disadvantaged elementary school students who get to select their own brand new school items in a one day pop-up “department store” where everything is free!
 

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Stamford organization provides opportunity for disadvantaged elementary schoolers to shop for new school clothes and supplies at no charge.

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Stamford elementary school students have a choice of hand-knitted hats as part of their shopping spree at 2nd annual Back to School Shop

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There were plenty of smiles and lots of excitement when some 200 children from Stamford public school were able to "shop" for free during the 2016 Back to School Shop held by an all-volunteer community organization.

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The Back to School Shop, an all-volunteer community organization, held its second annual event on Sunday, July 31st, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford. Two hundred children from the Stamford Public elementary schools were able to “shop” free of charge for brand new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, with the help of volunteer “personal shoppers.” Over 150 volunteers from the community helped to make the event a resounding success. 

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Desire Riddick, a rising third-grader at Domus Trailblazers Academy, smiled on Sunday pointing to a pair of glittery sneakers with blue, purple and pink zig zags, which she plans to wear on the first day of school Sept. 1.

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Most everyone can remember the excitement of shopping for new school clothes, the squeak of new tennis shoes, and all those new shiny pencils and smooth, clean notebooks. Unfortunately, for some children in the Stamford community, their caregivers are unable to provide those items for them in order to head back to school with their heads held high.

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One of the city’s elementary schools will turn into a department store this weekend. Shelves will be stocked with clothes, sneakers, school supplies, books and other items. But there will be no price tags.

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Plans are coming together for the 2nd annual Back to School Shop event. Volunteers are being recruited, funds are being raised, and lots and lots of school clothes and supplies are being purchased so that each child will be able to find just what they are looking for at the event’s “pop-up” store on July 31st.

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The Back to School Shop, a new, all volunteer community event was launched on Sunday, August 9, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford, CT. One hundred and twenty-five children from Stamford Public elementary schools were able to “shop” free of charge for brand new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, created just for them. Over 150 trained volunteers helped to make the event a resounding success.

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The Back to School Shop, a new, all volunteer community event was launched on Sunday, August 9, at Davenport Ridge Elementary School in Stamford, CT. One hundred and twenty-five of the most economically disadvantaged elementary school children from Stamford Public elementary schools were able to “shop” free of charge for brand new back-to-school outfits and school supplies in a department store-like setting, created just for them.

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A major sale at Target or Walmart or anywhere, really, had nothing on the one-day shopping spree 125 city kids got to experience Sunday at the first “Back to School Shop.”

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It’s that time of year when parents and kids go back to school shopping. But, it’s a cost that not everyone is prepared to pay… especially when you consider the price of school supplies went up 12 percent this year. The Stamford community came together to make sure students start this school year with everything they’ll need to succeed with their Back to School Shop.

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In recent days I keep thinking about the old kids game of tin can telephone, where friends and I talked to one another across taut strings or wires. The message, of course, always got garbled as the line got longer. We can now communicate globally with no wires attached, but the message still gets distorted.

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So I thought this was pretty cool.  It’s called the “Back to School Shop“.  It’s a pop-up department store that was created to help disadvantaged elementary school students pick-up their own back to school items and get some new clothes for the first day or two of school.

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