The second annual Ultimate Backpack supply drive, presented by CoStar Group, provides students with free, new backpacks filled with school supplies to support schools, neighborhood resource centers and nonprofit organizations. 

In partnership with Communities In School, the goal is to provide more than 15,000 children in the Richmond Metropolitan area with backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies.

Ways to give

1. Drop off donated backpacks and supplies from the supply list below to Hardywood Park Craft Brewery:

12-inch rulers
3” x 5” index cards
Backpacks
Box of tissues
Colored pencils
Composition notebooks
Crayons
Erasers
Folders
Glue sticks
Highlighters
Loose-leaf paper
Markers
Pens and pencils
Pencil pouches
Scissors (blunt tip)
Spiral notebooks

2. Order prefilled backpacks at wholesale rates. 

Register online.