Give Local Kids the Gift of Confidence! 

For the last 12 years, MAS Bay Area has been providing backpacks full of school supplies to local children in the child welfare system. We have since expanded to include migrant children, refugees, victims of domestic violence, and children who are otherwise disenfranchised.

For $10, you can provide basic supplies for a child to start school with new items, like his or her classmates. He/she will get the confidence and belonging that comes with knowing that, at least in this one aspect, he/she is like everyone else in class. That boost of self-confidence does wonders for a child who is otherwise feeling out of place, vulnerable, or nervous about fitting in.

You can support the project in three ways: